Carrell & Heavrin (2013) mention that the use of drug and alcohol tests for employees and job applicants have become a complicated and critical issue in regards to job security. In general‚ drug test screenings look for opiates‚ cocaine‚ barbiturates‚ methamphetamine‚ and marijuana. It has also been suggested that drug abusers are ten times likely to miss work‚ 3.6 times more likely to be involved in on-the-job related accidents‚ five times likely to file a workers compensation claim and have higher
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gives them a chance to get the illegal substances out of their body‚ but NCAA has started to do random drug testing that can catch those athletes. The association will spend more around three million dollars on drug testing. College athletes will take supplements to mask the use of steroids‚ so a laboratory in California is working to find different kind of supplements that will mask steroids so drug test can also pick them up. “Athletes frequently use supplements as a masking of real steroids
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients: Proposal to Drug Test Welfare Recipients There are approximately 30 million Americans on some sort of welfare right now. In 2010‚ the United States Federal Government spent $0.8 trillion toward welfare. The amount spent on welfare in 2010 is one of the top expenses‚ money spent on defense and healthcare were the highest expenses‚ but welfare was third (Chantrill‚ Christopher). The main purpose of an economic welfare system is to assist citizens who are not
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the characters mentioned show it. The houses of Gatsby‚ Tom and Nick represent their lifestyle and social position‚ but do not accurately represent their personality. Throughout the book‚ Jay Gatsby throws a lot of parties in his huge mansion. This shows that he is very wealthy‚ and tries a lot to show it to Daisy‚ wife of Tom Buchanan. When his house is described‚ the setting is often a modern and fun place. This also represents his social status because whenever he throws a party‚ everyone in the
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In the Twentieth-Century‚ there were many differences from that of professional sports and amateur sports. In various sports there were different scandals that would later spark investigation and many concerns throughout the public. Such examples are the numerous colleges and universities that paid their best athlete in order to keep them happy. There have also been instances where these places of higher learning gave certain athletes special treatment such as giving them extended deadlines or exempting
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playing field in sport will never be level because many athletes have a distinct advantage through their genetic ability. Performance enhancing drugs help level the playing field” Quote: Inside Sport 1999 Using specific examples‚ analyse why drugs to enhance sport performance is an ethical issue. (8) Performance enhancing drugs‚ as it states‚ are drugs which have an influence on the performance and capabilities of an individual. As drugs become more common place in the field of sports‚ athletes are
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Unit 2 Project: Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Tracy Brown Kaplan University Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients When considering effective ways to cut government spending‚ each state should start requiring mandatory drug testing among all its welfare recipients. Cutting welfare benefits to known drug abusers will allow benefits to be doled out more effectively and efficiently to those Americans that are truly in need‚ diminish drug use in those poverty stricken communities that
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs are Taking over Sports The article "Doping in Sports: Steroids and Supplements" says “The word dope comes from the Dutch word dop‚ which is an alcoholic beverage made from grape skins that the Zulu warriors would think it could enhance their fighting ability.” (World Almanac and Book of Facts’ n.pag.). Unfortunately‚ they were wrong because when there was a fight between the athletes‚ one drank it and the other one didn’t‚ it ended up that the athlete that did not drink
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Sources www.huffingtonpost.com/news/welfare-drug-testing www.usnews.com/debate.../should-welfare-recipients-be-tested-for-drugs www.ncsl.org http://www.urban.org/publications/309065.html Rita Cook Mrs. Burke Academic English 4 15th May 2013 Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients The need for welfare among society today has become increasingly large. Although the need for welfare is rapidly increasing‚ so is the use of drugs. This is posing as a major problem for the welfare programs
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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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