Definitely, I am in favor of pre – admission drug testing.
As we all know, it’s not just the older population of the society take in charge of the high occurrence of drug addiction situation as of today. The youth, surpassed the incidence of drug abuse more than men and women of married age. This, according to legal sources, is true, due to the high rates of youngsters who tend to use prohibited drugs and addictive substances such as rugby, often than adults do.
To agree to this policy of the Universities is not a one sided trend which as they say become overboard of the personal life of each student to be admitted.
The “personal life” I’m pointing out is the way they manage their life through these drugs. They may be or may not be aware of their harmful effects, but still; they use them in a way they think they are experiencing something better than their real effects.
“Something better” means the other effect of the drug if abused or taken to a higher dosage than the prescribed, or more so, to take the drug without even the sickness it is opted to heal.
Other students, especially the ones that already passed the drug testing, tend to be influenced by peers who take prohibited drugs. These drugs as they say are great stress relievers. They also bring the “happiness” that separates the mind from reality. These are also best used during night outs and parties that greatly affect the behavior of the people under the influence of these drugs.
Upon thinking of the importance of drug testing before student admission as part of the medical assessment, I came to create a mnemonic – PROBE.
Protect – To protect students from possible influence of drug abuse by other students in and outside the campus.
Rule out – To rule out the deceiving effects of prohibited
drugs.
Outreach – To extend knowledge and reach out for people who suffered from drug addiction and to relate the consequences brought about by drug abuse.
Benefit – To know and promote the benefits of drug
testing to avoid drug addiction
Encourage – To encourage every person, especially the youth population, mainly the students to reframe from involving in prohoboted drug transactions by educating each and everyone about the importance of drug testing.
To top it all, drug testing is really a must to ensure the safety and development of each student without the worry of drug abuse involvement.
