Approximately 90% of NCAA colleges perform random drug testing on their student-athletes. Over the years, more and more universities are subjecting their student-athletes to random drug testing. Student-athletes have very mixed feelings about random testing. I'm only in favor of testing because it's a privilege for some athletes to show that they play sports in college. I know there are a lot of student-athletes who don't act like it's a privilege and it bothers me how many kids can't go and play college sports who don't have the opportunity. I believe that student-athletes should be subjected to extensive testing, because I know that many student-athletes use drugs on a regular basis. To start my research paper, I went through the list of topics twice looking for the right topic to write about. I chose this topic because it really affects me, as I am a student-athlete. I knew that writing this topic would be much easier than any other topic because I would be able to express my opinion and I would know what books, articles, magazines, etc. are talking about. My first source is an internet source and it is deactivated from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. I found this source on November 12 after spending some time Googling for sources I could use for this essay. This source gave me a lot of information about what happens during drug testing, what schools are doing, what drugs can do to student-athletes, etc. Schools everywhere hope that these random drug tests will decrease drug abuse. With these tests, they hope that the test will give students a reason to resist the pressure and if a user is caught they can get help to overcome the addiction. Student-athletes experience all kinds of... middle of paper......do not use illegal drugs while playing sports or even use illegal drugs, which is why they are illegal. Works Cited"Frequently Asked Questions about Drug Testing in Schools." National Institute on Drug Abuse. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Dec. 1, 2012. Web. Nov. 14, 2013. “2013-2014 Drug Testing Program.” National Collegiate Athletics Association. NCAA, 2013. Web. November 19, 2013. Pilon, Maria. “NCAA-Linked Drug Testing Company Draws Criticism: [Sports Desk]” New York Times, latest edition (East Coast). New York, NY, January 6, 2013: SP.1.Tricker, Ray, David L. Cook, and Rick McGuire. Drug abuse issues in college athletics: Athletes at risk. 2nd ed. vol. 3. Np: Sports Psychologist, 1989. Print.Young, Sara. “PIAC (Pee in a Cup) – The New Standardized Test for Student-Athletes.” Brigham Young University Education & Law Journal (2010): 163+. Press.