Drug testing for professional athletes has been a debate for a long time. Drug tests are tests that are used to find out if someone has used drugs or not. “Urine is the most common type of drug test. Others are hair samples‚ sweat patches‚ oral fluid‚ and alcohol breath” (Drug Testing). Athletes get tested for drugs because they can have an unfair advantage over other athletes. “PEDs or Performance Enhancing Drugs are drugs that give athletes unfair advantages if they use them. PEDs have the ability
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unemployment insurance is 5.6 million. If the government is spending this much money on this many people‚ they all should at least be drug tested to ensure that the money they are receiving is being used to pay bills and not for buying and then using drugs. So therefore‚ I am for drug
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you want to have access to it? Even if the experimental drug was not 100 percent guaranteed to benefit you‚ at least you are giving yourself a chance to survive. On the other hand‚ it can be extremely difficult for clinical trial director’s to get the data that they need‚ without it being rather skewed. Generally‚ a clinical trial would not want to accept a patient who is terminally ill for the fact that it might be too late for any new drug to help them survive. Based on that transpiring multiple
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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‚ fewer checks would be used to purchase illegal drugs‚ and be used for necessary items instead. When a person is addicted to drugs‚ it consumes the individual’s life. The person becomes obsessed with the drug they are addicted to; it becomes more important to them
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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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Billions My name is frank a couple of years ago I was on welfare drug testing. While I was on it I never did any kind of drugs. I was clean for the 2 years I received help. I had a friend that would always do drugs‚ he wouldn’t care about what his consequences would be. One day he got tested and he was in big trouble. People from the government think it is great to do drug tests‚ but what they are really doing is wasting billions on drug tests. Out of those billions only a few tests come out dirty.
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Marin S.Galper GE217 3/1/12 Mandatory Drug Testing In The Work Place For many years‚ the United States has been involved in many wars‚ costing millions of dollars and the death of many people. One of the longest wars that the US is still facing is drug abuse in the work place‚ and a widespread strategy to combat this issue is mandatory drug testing. In September 15‚ 1986‚ President Ronald Reagan signed execute order 12564‚ his goal was to establish a drug-free workplace. This order required all
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Deontological ethics: This principle means doing the right thing regardless of the consequence. Rule based- ethics or deontological theory is following rules‚ and duties. The Chimerix had already closed compassionate use program to concentrate to get approval for the drug from FDA. In this case if the company had followed its rules and principles‚ it wouldn’t give the drug to Josh. Following deontology ethic could have prevented the ethical issues observed in this case‚ and it will prevent the same
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Middle school students should get drug tested. Middle school students are getting into drugs and drinking alcohol. Middle school students our getting into drugs. Schools in several states now require drug testing for students who want to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities‚ starting in middle school. Some coaches‚ teachers and school administrators said drug-testing programs served as a deterrent for middle school students encountering drugs of all kinds‚ including steroids
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Regarding the topic of drug use‚ I don’t see the conduction of drug screenings as an invasion of privacy because it ultimately go towards promoting a safe‚ healthy‚ and productive work environment. Drug testing is a necessity for the workplace because drug use that occurs in the workplace can have serious consequences on the business owner as well as endanger the safety of the employees as well. Depending on the line of work‚ the drug abuse of an employee could have a fatal outcome. Factors that
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