Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Ann Crawford 425 Chemical Dependency in the Workplace June 21‚ 2010 Allie Pashley‚ PsyD Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Organizations are continuously hiring people; people to fill newly opened positions and people to fill recently vacated positions. Regardless of the position a person is to fill in the organization that is considering hiring him or her‚ the organization needs to ensure that they are hiring quality people; people who are hard
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Drug testing in the workplace became legal when President Reagan signed "Executive Order 12564 -- Drug-free Federal workplace". In turn‚ that spawned the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. Although both apply only to the workplaces of Federal employers and Federal contractors and grantees‚ private-sector employers immediately followed the government ’s lead because they legally could. However‚ there is much controversy over the legality of drug testing in the workplace‚ especially the legality of random
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have explored the world of drugs‚ and drugs come with medical problems. “Many surgeons order routine laboratory tests before admission to the hospital‚ or even before certain outpatient procedures‚ to identify potential problems that might complicate surgery if not detected and treated early” (Stanford University). Some doctors make their patients take drug tests to detect drugs and other problems of the body. People of today’s generation have frequent access to drugs and can get them at essentially
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The Case For And Against Drug Testing Columbia Southern University Professor: Ph.D. Chizoba Madueke (Dr. Zee) Student: Chi H. Nguyen Student # 217505 Drug Problems As per Nationwide Medical Review (n.d.)‚ drug users in United States are not specific case of unemployed people but‚ at the matter of facts‚ drug users can be anyone from a politician‚ a business owner‚ a doctor‚ a professor‚ and a student‚ to the kind-hearted neighbors. It is also proven that workplace has been used at a wonderful
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs Tarnish Athletes “Don’t worry‚ everybody does it.” “Don’t you want to win?” “If it was dangerous‚ no one would do it.” “Don’t worry‚ it’s safe‚ everybody does it.” Unfortunately‚ athletes are pressured all of the time in new ways that they can become bigger‚ faster‚ or stronger. To many athletes‚ drugs are the solution to their problems. But most do not know the real consequences of taking performance-enhancing drugs. The consequences include‚ getting disqualified‚ changing
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Patti Pangallo GE217 14 November 2011 Mandatory Random Drug Testing Crunch! A warehouse employee’s foot has just been run over by a forklift driver. During the accident investigation it was discovered that the forklift driver had been under the influence of marijuana. No one wants his/her doctor to be drunk or high on drugs as he slices him/her open with a scalpel. Regardless if the operation is successful‚ he/she will be much happier knowing the doctor was not impaired. A person
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ABOUT ORAL FLUID DRUG TESTING N3 Fact #1 – The use of oral fluid testing is growing each year.1 Oral fluid drug testing in the workplace is relatively new compared to laboratory-based urine testing. But in a fairly short period of time it has become the testing method of choice for many companies. While it will not meet the needs of every employer‚ because of its unique advantages it will appeal to many
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This article is intended as a companion piece to our other article on drug and alcohol testing programmes. It aims to give a brief introduction to some of the common positives and negatives‚ pros and cons that can be encountered when organisations decide to implement testing programmes in their workplaces. Pros of Drug and Alcohol Testing. Increased Safety: Drug testing in the workplace can make the workplace a safer place to be for employees and customers alike. In safety critical industries
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critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.” (Martin Luther King Junior) DISCUSS Although some argue standardized testing is the best measure of a student’s knowledge and academic skills‚ it poorly judges what a student has learned and should be eradicated from schools. Educators and administrators look to standardized testing to provide a measurement of a student’s learning. However‚ measuring all students in the same way provides inaccurate results. Each student learns
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False Positive Drug Tests When an employee tests positive for a drug they did not take‚ it is referred to as a false-positive. The scientific method for testing employee’s drug consumption is not completely fool-proof‚ and it is actually quite faulty. Often times‚ drug tests detect certain foods and medicines as drugs. The most commonly used test for drugs is a urine test. These tests were simple and cheaper than others however
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