Kayla Hanke Jan 26 2008 Essay Peer Pressure The biggest problem effecting the youth of my community is the power of peer pressure. Considering that today’s schools commonly use the technique of random drug testing to try to catch kids that are indeed using drugs says a lot about a problem that youth come in contact with. When I was in high school the introduction of random drug testing was relatively a new thing where today it’s common among many if not all schools in this area. As well as my job, I had to take a drug test before being hired at the Oregon Park district.