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New information to stop drug use of minors When they find who is using drugs they can find where they are getting it from and eliminate it This will create a drug free community Drug free communities are much safer and productive than communities with drugs This can help stop drugs altogether as if every community eliminated the supplier there would be no way to get drugs When one is caught using drugs the school could provide them with assistance in stopping which they wouldn't have been able to do otherwise This can help more students stop their addiction and not have problems because of it in college and adulthood Point 2 It encourages a healthier lifestyle for students Less drug use A NIDA funded study published in 2013 found evidence of lower marijuana use in the presence of school drug testing drugabuse gov This proves that drug testing works at getting students to stop using drugs like marijuana Christina A Samuels states Sixteen percent of students subject to drug testing in the study reported using substances covered by their district s testing program in the past 30 days compared to 22 percent of comparable students in schools without the program Saumuels This study was one of the largest ever done with 4 700 students over 7 states With this many students a six percent difference is huge This study was conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences Since there is a much higher chance they will get caught it encourages them to not try drugs in the first place If they don't try it in the first place they won't be able to get addicted This stops addiction issues the would have to face later in their life This helps students resist peer pressure Students would now have a reason to say no to drugs This would stop even more people from trying drugs in the first place
