Random drug testing among high school athletes is not in the students' best interest and should not be implemented. Firstly because of the theory of "compensating behavior", which states that students will quit the sport and revert to heavier drug use or start using different, more harmful drugs that are not as easily detected in the basic drug screen. Random drug testing damages parent-child and teacher-student relations. It does not allow the parents, who are best suited to make important decisions about their children, to have any say so on the testing. It is a major waste of money for schools that need funding for basic educational programs. Testing the students could deter them from participating in the best drug prevention program known, sports. It could drive students who are determined to get a high to use other drugs than marijuana, the main drug tested for, and start using more dangerous ones that will not be detected. Drug testing violates the students' privacy rights. Additionally, some students may be "profiled", or tested because of their ideas, race, appearance, or economic background.
             Compensating behavior plays a major role in the argument of whether drug tests would be successful or not. The theory of compensating behavior sates that, for example; when seatbelts were introduced into cars, the passengers were safer. But armed with a false sense of security they drove more recklessly, injuring more pedestrians. Thus, the drivers compensated for the seatbelts by causing fewer injuries to other driver and more injuries to pedestrians. In the instance of drug testing, the compensation could occur in a similar way. Some students, troubled by the invasion of privacy, may quit sports or extracurricular activities, consequently, reverting to more and deadlier drugs without a reason to stop. Studies claim that extracurricular activities are the
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