Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Introduction Mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients is a controversial issue. Should the government hold people accepting government entitlement’s accountable for illegal drug use or would this type of action cross the boundary of civil liberties into an invasion of privacy? The government has a vested interest in getting welfare recipients back into the working population. Holding welfare recipients accountable for illicit drug use only
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Taxpayers should provide support to those in need‚ recipients in return should engage in responsible behavior for receiving assistance. Requiring welfare recipients to stop using illegal drugs is an element of a return obligation. It’s a real issue. Most related studies indicate that one third of people on welfare use illegal drugs (Rector‚ 2011). 2. As welfare approaches over a trillion a year‚ (Rector‚ 2011) taxpayers have a right to insist that their money goes to those who truly need it and it’s
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Illegal Immigrants With the rise of illegal immigrants‚ the United States has had difficulties solving the issue for a long time. Hence‚ there’re many factors for the causes and solutions from different branches and the government. “Amnesty?” and “Why blame Mexico?” are two articles that discuss the reasons for millions of Mexicans risking their lives to come illegally to the U.S. and indeed illustrate the writer’s perspectives and ideas for those people. In “Amnesty?”‚ John F. Kavanaugh‚ a
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Language Analysis - Alcohol and drug culture in Australia Following the death of Leigh Clark after the circumstances which occurred after he was supplied alcohol by another parent‚ writer Bruce Guthrie argues in an opinion piece that the law requiring parental approval to supply alcohol could save lives. The second article which supports Guthrie’s contention is a cartoon by Mark Knight‚ published in the Herald Sun which highlights the public outcry against the call to legalise drugs‚ where both
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Then they smuggled cocaine through the Andes with other Spanish gangs. Once the other Spanish gangs stopped smuggling cocaine‚ the mexican cartels became powerful. Gang violence has increased in certain parts of Mexico because of the increase in illegal drugs. There has always been violence in gangs‚ but the murder rates in Sinaloa‚ Mexico‚ for example‚ has increased. In 2010‚ Sinaloa had 2‚505 murders‚ according to national statistics (AFB). As Beittel states‚ "violence is used by traffickers to
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public health and social policy norms‚ such as interventions using established indicators of health and wellbeing. Porter reminds us that the notion of ’drugs’ as we understand it today is a relatively new invention‚ therefore classifying drugs as ’illegal’ and punishing those
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groups of Americans were affected differently some were very positive and some were negative. The initial effects of prohibition did no favor to any American. During the era of prohibition the fabrication and purchase of liquor was illegal. Alcohol was deemed illegal because of its rather unfortunate side effects. According to some people prohibition was intended to lower corruption and to reduce social and economic problems for Americans. The consumption
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themselves. I will start evaluating this statement by checking the argument from any hidden premises to make sure that it is stated fully and in a clear way. Drug dealing should not be a crime is not a true statement because drug dealing has been illegal through the world for over a century now‚ it is also the cost of the cost of the biggest problems our government and the society is facing today. Dealing drugs have ruined people’s lives‚ and their family broken apart. I would rewrite this statement
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have a warrant. If so arrest them‚ and if they have something illegal of any kind‚ it can be used against them. Resulting in them being convicted of not one‚ but two crimes. In additional‚ it can result in criminal charges over something so little as a parking ticket. Also‚ if the person does not have an arrest warrant it would not matter‚ the officer would get away with violating the fourth amendment. However‚ it can help reduce illegal activities on the
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they had to be banned in society because people were abusing them. Many of these drugs now known as illegal substances were considered legal and were manufactured and created by chemists‚ and at some point were used for medical reasons. Unfortunately‚ due to many detrimental effects of prolonged use that caused human beings to become sick or die‚ these drugs were deemed dangerous and made illegal by the government. William Bennett ’s "Drugs: Should Their Sale and Use Be Legalized" goal was to tell
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