Michael Phelps swam in the Olympics since 2004 and has won eighteen gold medals. In 2009, Michael was exposed by a picture of smoking weed. He was only suspended for three months and was allowed to compete at the 2012 Olympics. He had to go through rehab to cease his drug use. Phelps came back in 2012 and swam as well as he did before he quit using drugs. Phelps may just be a natural athlete but this is an example of athletes using drugs and it not affect them in a positive or negative way. Many people believe that drug testing student athletes violates the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment says that "people are secure in their persons, houses, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, and it shall not be violated (FindLaw)" The only reason students should be drug tested is that if it is obvious that the athlete is doing drugs. It is also very humiliating if the athlete gets caught during the random drug tests. How would it make you feel being escorted by a police officer to go take a drug test? I would imagine you would feel very uncomfortable even if you were not using drugs. Then, if you do test positive for the drug testing, everyone will know. It is a public display of personal information.
Many athletes will knowingly stop playing a sport because they know they would have to be drug tested. Some of the best players could be doing drugs and that could cause crucial damage. People never know what everyone else's home life is like. Players could be using drugs for physical or emotional pain. Some could have been a mistake. They could have caved into peer pressure, did it and regretted it in the morning. Even in the Bible, Paul encouraged Timothy to drink to help his stomach. The drug testing could ruin people's lives and it never leaves you. That player probably will not get a scholarship to a college if they plan on going. When he/she goes and tries to get a job, the boss would know that they failed a drug test but what he does not know is that they regretted doing it from the start and the random drug testing at the school happened to show up that very next day.
