Approximately 90 percent of NCAA colleges conduct random drug testing of their student-athletes. Over the years, more and more universities are subjecting their student-athletes to random drug tests. Student-athletes have very mixed feelings about random testing. I'm in favor of testing simply because it needs to show some athletes that playing sports in college is a privilege. I know there are many student-athletes who don't act like it's a privilege and it bothers me how many kids don't get to go play college sports who truly deserve the opportunity. I believe that student-athletes should be thoroughly tested, as I know that many student-athletes regularly use drugs. To begin 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 concerns me, since I am a student-athlete. I knew that writing this topic would be much easier than any other topic because I can speak my mind and I would know what the books, articles, journals, etc. are about. My first source is an Internet source and it is disabled. from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. I found this source on November 12 after spending some time on Google searching for sources I could use for this essay. This source gave me a lot of information about what happens in drug testing, what schools do, what drugs can do to student-athletes, etc. Schools around the world hope that these random drug tests will reduce drug abuse. With these tests, they hope that the tests will give students a reason to resist the pressure and that if a user gets caught, they can get help to overcome their addiction. Student-athletes experience all kinds of...... middle of paper ...... do not use illegal drugs while playing sports or even at all, which is why they are illegal. Works Cited "Frequently Asked Questions about School Drug Testing. National Institute on Drug Abuse. National Institute on Drug Abuse, December 1, 2012. Web. November 14, 2013. « Drug Testing Program 2013- 2014.” National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2013. Web. November 19, 2013. Pilon, Mary “Drug Testing Company Tied to NCAA: [Sports Desk]” New York Times, Late Edition. (East Coast). New York, NY January 6, 2013: SP.1.Tricker, Ray, David L. Cook and Rick McGuire. Drug Abuse Issues in College Sports: Athletes at Risk. 3. Np: Sports Psychologist, 1989. Print. Young, Sara. "PIAC (Pee in a Cup) - The New Standardized Test for Student-Athletes." (2010): 163+..