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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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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Areas Where Drug Testing Can Improve Safety Drug addiction have become very popular in the 1960’s due to the influence of the mass media and music. It has estimated that about 208 million people around the globe are drug users. Despite the government’s full efforts in trying to fight against drugs‚ clandestine laboratories continue to rise and cause havoc in the lives of the people today‚ especially the youth. A large majority of drug users are from the work force which is why some companies strictly
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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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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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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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have been enforcing drug tests to better their students. This has lead to several debates between multiple people and debating whether this is a good thing or not. In the non-fiction article‚ “At One College‚ a Fight Over Required Drug Tests” written by Timothy Williams‚ it shares important reasons of why it’s important to do drug testing on college students. Drug testing is such a controversial topic‚ but there’s many reasons why it’s important to do so. Students should be drug tested because it’s
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High schoolers tend to not make good choices as they get older. In the article “Drug Testing of High School Students May Help Prevent Substance Abuse” written by Joined Together Staff says‚ “Once students graduate and move off to college‚ all bets are off‚ and the rates of drug and alcohol use go through the roof.” Once students think they are older‚ they think they can do whatever they want and never get into trouble. Students at a younger age are easier to deal with when getting help‚ because they
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Drug Testing is Important Putting on shoes getting ready to go play the first college home game of our season‚ and suddenly a man comes up to me out of breath and says‚ “Excuse me‚ sir‚ I was told to come and explain to you that you will not be able to play your game today‚ or any more games for that matter‚ because your drug test came back positive.” My stomach dropped‚ and I just sat in the locker room not knowing what to do. Professional athletes should be drug tested because they are an influence
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