Over
the course of this class, we have had three different guest speakers and all of
them mentioned that the use of marijuana is increasing amongst us. Our last
speaker mentioned that there is an increase within the student athletes with
marijuana use. I was curious to finding out why this trend increase was
occurring. The NCAA performs random in-season drug test and about 23 percent of
the athletes tested positive for using marijuana over the past year. Compared to
the test from 2005 it has increased by 1.4 percent. A reason athletes are
becoming more prone to using marijuana is because of the increase of marijuana
use amongst all college students. A study followed 1200 freshmen over a 10-year
period and found that marijuana use contributed to students skipping class and
spending less time studying and affecting them in athletics as well. With the
athletes peers using more and more marijuana they feel more pressure in
“fitting in” with their peers and using drugs. There’s no scientific reason
behind why marijuana is an increasing trend amongst athletes. It is more of a
choice everyone gets to make.
Nick E W
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