ARGUMENT ESSAY RANDOM DRUG TESTING Drug abuse has always been a very delicate question as it always it deals with the health‚ well-being and even lives of human beings belonging to any country. Many people have argued that mandatory drug testing is a violation of their civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment grants you the right against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ otherwise known as a person’s right to privacy. However‚ employers have the right to know whether
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Access to onsite field drug tests can be a valuable tool for U.S law enforcement officers in identifying possible illegal drug substances when conducting traffic stops and investigating suspicious activity. The use of the field drug tests can assist in determining drugs and can provide probable cause arrest for drugs offenses and other crimes. However‚ in The York Times article by Ryan Gabrielson and Topher Sanders; How a $2 Roadside Drug Test Sends Innocent People to Jail‚ and other related articles
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Is Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Constitutional? OVERVIEW Recently Floridas governor Rick Scott put a new drug testing law into action. This law calls for the drug testing of welfare recipients‚ simply because taxpayers do not want to support drug addictions‚ but would rather the money go toward necessities like children and food. What do we as Americans do about this? Are there options to reform the welfare system? Other states have attempted laws similar to this but none have succeeded
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The Drug Testing Problem at Standard Chemical Standard Chemical Company processes toxic chemicals that are sold for commercial use. Vicky Jacobsen‚ HR Manager‚ attended seminar on drug abuse in the workforce. Company decided to implement a Drug and Alcohol Program Concerns with termination Local Union feels it will be “witch hunt” Union assured there would be “checks and balances” Notification of the Program Program was presented to employees during group meetings Brochure was distributed with
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Marin S.Galper GE217 3/1/12 Mandatory Drug Testing In The Work Place For many years‚ the United States has been involved in many wars‚ costing millions of dollars and the death of many people. One of the longest wars that the US is still facing is drug abuse in the work place‚ and a widespread strategy to combat this issue is mandatory drug testing. In September 15‚ 1986‚ President Ronald Reagan signed execute order 12564‚ his goal was to establish a drug-free workplace. This order required all
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commits. All of this happened because he took steroids and then‚ without any warning‚ he was ordered to take a drug test (Withers). All because of this drug test his baseball career could be ruined and he might not have his support system anymore. Many people believe that random drug testing should be abolished. Many high school students and athletes deal with pressure everyday. Doing drugs is not a way to deal with it but people slip up and do it all the time. Everyone makes mistakes in
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Mandatory Drug Testing For Public Assistance Mandatory drug testing should be required for people wanting public assistance. It is used in order to stop habitual offenders that misuse the benefits that the government provides to us‚ the tax payers. It is our hard earned tax dollars that fund these benefits. This argument is to reason that we need to take control as employers to stop the misuse of benefits that pay for illegal drugs. As a tax payer‚ you are considered an employer
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Drug Testing in Schools Kortney Gherardi DeVry University Drug Testing in Schools Drug testing in schools for extracurricular activities has been a controversial issue for years due to privacy reasons. There are schools that have already implemented drug testing for extracurricular activities. Drug testing teaches students that using drugs while participating in extracurricular activities is not acceptable. It is a good way to teach the students responsibility. It teaches the
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College drug testing Do you think that colleges should drug test their students? Well I am going to tell you why colleges should do drug testing‚ or why they should not do drug test on their students. You will hear about the laws and rights of these students being tested. Is it unconstitutional to drug test a student randomly? Why should colleges use drug test? Colleges should do drug test to first of all make sure no students/athletes are doing drugs‚ second they want to make the game play fair
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The Push for Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients United States lawmakers face one of the most pressing issues of our time-welfare reform. New screening processes‚ often considered a direct violation of constitutional rights‚ have already been enacted in many states. Strong evidence exists‚ asserting that the practice of administering drug testing to welfare recipients will cost the U.S. taxpayers more money in the long run‚ stigmatize applicants and participants‚ and serve only the purpose of making
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