Drug Testing should be a part of Family Drug Policy.
             To test or not to test? That is the question facing many parents today. Some parents believe that drug testing is unnecessary and that parents should opt for trust. My goal is to show that the importance of trust has been overestimated and that drug testing should be an inseparable part of Family Drug Policies. Addressing the issue of trust and discussing the benefits of drug testing will help me to accomplish my objective.
             To understand why drug testing is necessary, it is important to address the issue of trust first. Ideally, the concept of trust holds that if parents trust their children, kids will do their best to live up to parents' expectations. In addition, if kids trust their parents, they will come forward and discuss with their parents any problem they have. However, in reality it does not always work that way.
             Sadly, children tend to abuse their parents' trust. It is quite common to hear parents say that they trust their children and that their kids would never use drugs. Would they? The fact is that most children would. According to federal statistics, sixty-three percent of teenagers reported they used drugs in 2003. Considering the strong peer pressure, availability, and that no child is immune to temptations, parents should not solely rely on trust and education. It is important to trust, but verify.
             Like many other parents, my parents relied greatly on education, communication, and trust in order to deter me from smoking and doing drugs. However, I was smoking, and I still do. Once the neighbors told my parents that they suspected I was smoking. My mother asked me, but I said that I did not. She had no hard evidence to confront me with because it was a she said - I said case.
             It is human nature to deny the allegations. Unless confronted with hard evidence people seldom tell the truth that can incriminate them. For this re...