Modern Problems 6 May 2014 Against Drug Testing For Welfare The uprising of unemployment and welfare is exceeding previous predictions and not many states are keeping up with them. Drug testing for welfare is unconstitutional and unfair because not everyone abuses the system. Not everyone uses the money they get for drugs. Some families really need the money while others use it for their own selfish needs instead of the needs of their families. Drug testing only leads to spending more money than
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College Prep English III 1 April 2013 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Welfare began during the great depression in the 1930’s then‚ just like now‚ there were many families that needed help from the government‚ and that is why they introduced welfare. In our world today there is social welfare‚ corporate welfare‚ child welfare‚ and many others that one can apply for. Other welfare programs‚ such as TANF and WIC‚ have truly made a difference in the lives of American families. Families are kept together
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Federal Court Decisions Mandatory Suspicionless Testing of Student Athletes Ruled Constitutional The legal foundation for suspicionless student drug testing rests upon Vernonia v. Acton (1995). In that landmark decision‚ the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a school policy requiring student athletes to pass random urinalysis tests as a ground for participation in interscholastic sports. The Court rejected a Fourth Amendment claim asserting that such tests are an unconstitutional invasion
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Forced Drug Testing Drug testing is a way to test individuals for the use of any drug in their body. There is a downfall of drug testing because it’s not completely accurate‚ considering some drugs stay in your system longer than others. So an individual could have used a drug 1 week prior to when they got tested. But if a person isn’t suppose to use drugs at all‚ then it shouldn’t matter how long the drugs are in their system because they know not to use. There are ups and downs to pretrial
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Workplace Drug Screening Many employers view drug screening and drug prevention programs as a second line of defense‚ to combat safety‚ and liability issues within the workplace. There are many types of drug testing methods available for use in the workplace. Employees see the use of mandatory or voluntary drug testing in many ways. With drug use on the rise in today’s society very few companies ask who should be tested and why‚ these employers are testing current and potential employees no
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I have a dream that one day America will be drug free. We lose so many people each year because of drugs. I’m not even fifteen and I have seen many people die and have their kids taken away from them because of drugs. When people hear drugs they think of heroin and cocaine‚ but it can also come from a simple blood pressure pill‚ I know this by seeing it happen.Today two years ago my grandpa died from a simple prescription drug‚ he was depressed therfore he overdosed on blood pressure medicine. The
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workplace drug testing goes about as an obstacle to individuals who may some way or another try different things with‚ or consistently utilize liquor or drugs. Workplace drug testing can possibly enormously improve wellbeing and security in the workplace‚ by disheartening individuals from manhandling substances and in this way enduring any evil wellbeing impacts‚ and diminishing the probability of mishaps and wounds identified with working. Evaluation There is no denying that workplace drug testing
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stated‚“In high school‚ in sport‚ I had a coach who told me I was much better then I thought I was‚ and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.” It is unfortunate that people are beginning to look back on their childhood and remember school sports since they are now being taken away by schools. Students need school sports to keep them active and healthy. It gives them a chance to build up their health. When kids join school sports
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there have been actions made to start drug testing recipients of welfare‚ potentially altering the whole concept of welfare. Although‚ only 3 states‚ as of now‚ have actually made it a law‚ “getting welfare and food stamps may become tougher as twenty three states around the country seek to adopt stricter laws that would require public aid recipients to take drug tests.” (Alcindor‚ 2012). The act of drug testing welfare recipients would be just that‚ drug testing recipients. Many of the states considering
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Drug-Wars Op-Ed The war on drugs has failed throughout the world and countries globally have some sort of problem pertaining to narcotics and other drugs. The United States is on top of the list of countries for drug use and abuse of drugs. It got so terrible that forty years ago President at the time Richard Nixon declared the United States government ’s "War on Drugs‚" a campaign of prohibition and foreign military aid and military intervention. Having foreign countries participate in the "War
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