Instead of testing for what really matters - impairment‚ drug testing looks for the presence of drug metabolites in the employee’s urine‚ which remain in the body for up to two months. It should fall on management to maintain a trusting a positive work environment where such actions do not need to be taken. The mandation of drug testing violates rights telling employees what they can and cannot do on their own time‚ in their own homes. Drug testing should not be mandatory in the workplace for
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Standardized testing in our education system is oftentimes frowned upon. Though some disagree with standardized testing‚ others see it as an advantage to education in the future. I recently reviewed two articles with opposing opinions on this controversial topic. I noticed that one article worried more about how they felt emotionally‚ and less focused on the academic advantages or disadvantages. This is an issue in America‚ I believe when it comes to education we should worry about educational outcomes
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Drug Testing In The Workplace Drug Testing in the workplace can seem impersonal and invasive towards employees but it is a process that is done when an employer has reasonable suspicion that employees are using drugs at work coming from a variety of sources such as tips‚ accidents or behavioral problems‚ actual observation of drug use‚ and symptoms of drug usage. Today businesses feel that they have to be well aware that their workplace is a drug free place and that their employees are stable
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Imagine a world where drug addicts aren’t enabled‚ more people have jobs‚ and children grow up with food on the table. All of these things could be a reality if drug testing was required to become a welfare recipient. Welfare has become more accepted by mainstream American society‚ with more than 15% of the country taking advantage of it. THESIS: Monthly drug testing for people who apply for welfare should be necessary. II Reason # 1 for your side (put main reason here): Welfare and government
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2012 One of the major debates going on in states all over the United States today is whether people receiving welfare benefits should undergo drug testing to qualify. Critics argue that it is discrimination and unconstitutional‚ but it is requiring no more than almost any job that you apply for that requires you to pass a drug test in order to qualify for that job and benefits. As of now‚ the only thing that you must show in order to qualify for government assistance is that you are below the income
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The use of illegal performance enhancing drugs in sport is a rising problem in professional sports. Drug use is hazardous to the person using them as well as to other people who are dealing with them. There are many reasons athletes choose to take drugs for sports like‚ to be faster‚ stronger‚ or to gain advantage over the opponent. Even though some professional athletes are not using performance-enhancing drugs‚ the fact that they are using drugs whatsoever is a big problem. Athletes are supposed
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Is technology testing the Fourth Amendment? With all the new technology‚ police are now using devices that could potentially “see through walls”. They are also using other search techniques such as wiretapping to conduct searches rather than a “physical search” and by doing so; they can “legally” avoid violating the Fourth Amendment. A lot of the Fourth Amendment has also been weakened significantly over the years from Federal Court Case and the new technology. The fourth Amendment is “The right
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Bertolotti wrote an article on genetic testing entitled “Opportunities‚ Risks‚ and Limitations of Genetic Testing: Looking to the Future From Patients’ Point of View”. This issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings presents the current and future problems and challenges of constantly innovating genetic testing. According to Dr. Bertolotti‚ “The novelty of genetic testing procedures and results interpretation‚ formal studies of patients’ experiences with genetic testing‚ and their corresponding reactions to
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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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housing. Currently there is mass debate‚ in courtrooms across the U.S.‚ regarding the legality and morality of pre-assistance drug testing. This report is intended to familiarize the reader with the history of welfare reform; the histories of drug testing in regards to assistance eligibility; and persuade the audience to vote yes for mandatory pre-assistance drug testing. b) Body b.i) History of Welfare (b.i.1) The first welfare programs originated with the Social Security Act of 1935. (b.i
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