This article is intended as a companion piece to our other article on drug and alcohol testing programmes. It aims to give a brief introduction to some of the common positives and negatives‚ pros and cons that can be encountered when organisations decide to implement testing programmes in their workplaces. Pros of Drug and Alcohol Testing. Increased Safety: Drug testing in the workplace can make the workplace a safer place to be for employees and customers alike. In safety critical industries
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states to distribute. States are allowed some flexibility in how they chose to distribute these funds. There has been a recent movement among states to implement drug testing for applicants and recipients to receive this assistance. Many people see this as a violation of their 4th amendment rights. The ideology behind drug testing is to weed out misuse of funds by recipients‚ thus alleviating budgetary concerns in hard economic times. Are there other means of easing budgetary issues without
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fraudulently receiving welfare checks is an example of the laziness I am discussing. As a society‚ we need to make this accepted practice an unaccepted practice. We need to stand up and make the process of applying and receiving these benefits more stringent than they currently are. I believe through use of mandatory random drug testing‚ progress monitoring‚ on- going physical and mental examinations‚ we can discourage the continued misuse of these funds. If mandatory drug testing were implemented
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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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on the pros and cons of mandatory drug testing‚ the reasons one should or should not be tested‚ and the effects drug testing will have on families. This article is very informative on the ways drug testing can or cannot help the society‚ and thoroughly discusses the reasons behind a person’s opinion of why mandatory drug testing should or should not happen. Authors of this article have researched facts on this topic‚ and all have the credentials to write about mandatory drug testing and it’s benefits
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Jonathon Walters author of “Should Welfare Recipients be Drug Tested?” published an article on March 13‚ 2012 for Governing: The State and Localities that provided readers with several points of interest when discussing drug testing welfare recipients. Walters states in his article “According to the National Conference of State Legislatures‚ almost two dozen states are considering bills that require drug testing those either applying for or receiving public benefits‚ a policy that has been cut down
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Drug Testing for Welfare Health care‚ food stamps‚ child care assistance‚ unemployment‚ cash aid‚ and housing assistance are all forms of welfare in the United States. “In fiscal year 1995‚ federal‚ state‚ and local governments spent about $1.5 trillion on social welfare programs‚ an increase of $69.4 billion (5 percent) from 1994” (Joseph 1). Substance abuse is a major financial burden which “In 1998… cost Americans an estimated $110 billion in expenses and lost revenue” (Lyman and Potter 8)
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Resolved: Should welfare recipients receive drug testing? Since welfare programs started in the 60s‚ a reoccurring pattern has been seen in more cases than one. Fraudulent activity and taking advantage of the system has been happening for way too long in our society. A simple drug test should be administered to welfare recipients if they expect to receive the benefits that are offered to them. If other citizens such as the ones in the working class are held accountable to be administered a drug screening
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4/12/15 Dr. Brent POLICY PROPOSAL II DRUG TESTING FOR WELFARE Most people would argue that drug testing for welfare would be a waste of time and money. I will say personally that is completely false. Drug testing randomly for welfare program‚ would be a wonderful‚ and probably one of the only good things‚ to this already corrupt government program. Ok‚ let’s all look at this as realistically as we can; if just 1 person failed a drug test for the welfare‚ that’s a whole extra few hundred dollars
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Should Drug Testing Be Mandatory For Welfare Recipients? Florida Governor Rick Scott made plans to test all welfare recipients to see if they are using drugs before they can receive payments is hardly saving the state any money‚ according to recent reports. At $30 per test‚ the state paid $28‚800 in drug test reimbursements (960 reimbursements at $30 each‚ since about 2 percent also didn’t finish the application process) for those who did pass‚ while saving themselves about $66‚000 in payments
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