Drug testing welfare recipients is an excellent idea. For instance‚ random drug testing would help substance-abusing welfare recipients conquer their drug problems. Drug testing would be very helpful to the ones who are not substance abusing to actually get the help they deserve. It’s also great because most recipients have children which is what the benefits should be for if the recipient has TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy). Now there are plenty of recipients who abuse the programs like
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English 1302 14 July 2011 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Recently there has been a lot of debate over drug testing as an eligibility requirement for welfare recipients to receive benefits. There is a significant amount of Americans that agree with drug testing as an eligibility requirement for those seeking welfare benefits‚ but there is also individuals claiming that the drug testing is unconstitutional and is a violation of their fourth amendment of the U.S. constitution‚ protection against unreasonable
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Employee state drug testing case Supreme Court of Nevada No.26157 Appellants‚ Nevada employment security department and employer challenged an order of the 8th judicial district court. Which reversed appellants department’s decision to deny respondent employee’s claim for unemployment benefits. The respondent “Holmes” was employed by appellant Hotel “San Remo” as a slot hostess. Holmes was denied unemployment benefits due to work related misconduct. Holmes appealed
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many abusers of the system would stop taking advantage. Drug testing should be required in order to receive welfare benefits because drug testing would aid in stopping drug use‚ because able-bodied recipients would be pushed to look for jobs‚ and because most working citizens are required to take drug tests in order to work. The first reason why individuals on welfare should be drug tested is to help fight against drug use in America. Drug abuse is overly common in the United States. Many individuals
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Drug testing has becoming more of an issue in the united states over the past several years. Schools all over country have begun to start testing students in clubs ‚ sports ‚ and other activities. This may seem odd that students can be tested based solely on the fact that they participate in extracurricular activities but the supreme court upheld this ruling during a court case in 2002 (CITE). It is unfair and ineffective in truly solving the drug problems in high schools. “A small number of public
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Urine Testing for Drugs of Abuse U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES • Public Health Service • Alcohol‚ Drug Abuse‚ and Mental Health Administration Urine Testing for Drugs of Abuse Editors: Richard L. Hawks‚ Ph.D. C. Nora Chiang‚ Ph.D. Division of Preclinical Research National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA Research Monograph 73 1986 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol‚ Drug Abuse‚ and Mental Health Administration National Institute on Drug
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introduction of random (‘suspicionless’) drug testing. Testing is already widespread in independent boarding schools‚ with three-quarters of schools reported to be using some drug testing. Although the enthusiasm from teachers and parents for testing‚ a few practical studies have examined the effects of drug testing in schools. One thing that makes this problem difficult to address is the issue of violating the kid’s individual rights. Drug testing is conducted by taking blood‚ urine‚ saliva
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Jesse Fortiz Wrt 101 Drug Testing for welfare; unconstitutional? Should welfare recipients be drug tested in order for them to receive their food stamps or government assisted checks? With hopefully your answer being yes‚ many people in the United states believe the thought of forcing a drug test on a person applying for welfare to be completely unconstitutional. There are currently 12‚800‚ 000 Americans on welfare in the United States today. The United States of America currently
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Mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients is right and reasonable in order to stop the habitual offenders of misusing this benefit. Are the hard working drug tested tax payers ready to support this law since it’s the hard earned tax dollars that fund these benefits? The argument stands to reason that we need to take control as employers to stop the misuse of benefits that pay for illegal drugs. Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare. Recipients Government assistance‚ or welfare‚ is a very broad term
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Former Texas longhorns head football coach once said‚ “Most players don’t mind drug testing once they realize they don’t have to study for it.” The reason for quoting that is because there is more to the drug testing of athletes than just having to “study.” Studying is the least of an athlete’s worries. They have to worry about the consequences of failing a random test‚ disappointing their fans‚ team‚ and family. Here is more. Why this topic? Growing up my childhood consisted of sports and more
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