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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Unit 2 Project: Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Tracy Brown Kaplan University Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients When considering effective ways to cut government spending‚ each state should start requiring mandatory drug testing among all its welfare recipients. Cutting welfare benefits to known drug abusers will allow benefits to be doled out more effectively and efficiently to those Americans that are truly in need‚ diminish drug use in those poverty stricken communities that
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Should people on public assistance be required to pass drug screenings? Almost all jobs and companies require a drug test before hiring you as an employee. So there is no reason a person requesting public assistance should not be required to pass a drug test as well. I don’t mean random drug testing either. Make it a requirement to receive their benefits. Our country cannot continue to waste money and expect taxpayers to support them. Enough is enough. If we sit back and allow the public health
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients: Proposal to Drug Test Welfare Recipients There are approximately 30 million Americans on some sort of welfare right now. In 2010‚ the United States Federal Government spent $0.8 trillion toward welfare. The amount spent on welfare in 2010 is one of the top expenses‚ money spent on defense and healthcare were the highest expenses‚ but welfare was third (Chantrill‚ Christopher). The main purpose of an economic welfare system is to assist citizens who are not
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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT UNIT VIII – CASE STUDY 16-1 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
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Drug Testing and Workplace Accidents Paul Rountree‚ M.D. Over the past twenty years the use of workplace drug tests have become commonplace. Both Hanson1 and Zwerling2 have presented excellent overviews of the history of drug and alcohol testing for industry in this country. At present approximately 35 million drug tests are performed each year at a direct cost exceeding one billion dollars. 3 This money is distributed among numerous parties within an enormous drug testing industry‚ and recipients
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and Gentlemen Today’s motion is school students should face a mandatory drug testing session. That is‚ students have to be drug tested. I support the motion because such scheme protects both students and the whole society. I will put forward 2 strong reasons today about the advantages of this mandatory scheme. Firstly‚ it serves as a strong deterrent. Drug abuse remains a serious problem in schools. Many anti-drugs campaigns implemented by the government were ineffective in controlling the
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Drug Testing Welfare Applicants Drug tests are a meaningful deterrent against drug use and a solid prevention strategy. The fourth amendment says "unreasonable search and seizure‚" It is NOT unreasonable to search a person if someone is giving them something. If a bank was giving out a loan‚ it would be quite reasonable for them search the applicant’s credit history. Applicants must to submit private and personal data to show they are eligible to receive government benefits. It is important that
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So‚ your new employer requires you to have a hair drug test done - now what? The answer is that you should go ahead and take the test pronto! But before you do so‚ are you sure you’re going to pass the test? You’ve probably heard the rumor about how effective this particular test is‚ so it’s only natural to be anxious if your past record with drugs isn’t something to smile about. Well‚ good news is that this meticulous method of hair follicle testing can be bypassed if certain tactics are applied.
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main reason for drug testing is to check both the health of the mother and baby and in doing so make the effects of drug abuse known. in most cases pregnant individuals are vulnerable especially during labor. It is often difficult to go through a detailed and prompt paperwork at the expense of concentrating. These patients ultimately sign off without a second thought. In most cases‚ they do not carefully read the paperwork‚ which is a risky act. A recent study proved that drug tests would help
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