DRUG TESTING IN FACILITIES: BEHAVIORS AND CONSEQUENCES THAT AFFECT OUR SOCIETY Throughout life, whether in a workplace, in athletics, or in a school district, chances are one may be asked to take a drug test. Each year, in the United States, there are approximately 50,000 deaths due to drugs. Drugs cause our bodies to change, depending on the reaction the drug gives off. Interactions with drugs and, “other complex social, psychological, and pharmacological factors [that have an] influence [on]
DRUG TESTING IN FACILITIES: PROTOCALS AND CONSEQUENCES Throughout life, whether in a workplace, associated with athletes, or in a school district, chances are one may be asked to take a drug test. Within, “The United States, approximately 50,000 people die each year as a result of taking drugs.” A drug causes our bodies to change, depending on the reaction the drug gives off. Interactions with drugs and, “Other complex social, psychological, and pharmacological factors [that have a] influence [on]
the Joneses," we want to surpass them. In the pursuit of excellence, some people will take drugs as an enhancement for their cognitive abilities. What makes this path to excellence ethically questionable? There are two large issues to using cognitive enhancements: fairness and the pressure to use them. While there may be nothing intrinsically wrong with using cognitive enhancers, the use of these drugs will likely have major side-effects on society which need to be taken into consideration. Cognitive
Introduction to Drugs and Alcohol 2 Overview 2 I. Workplace Factors 3 II. Workplace Performance & Behavior 4 III. Workplace Role 5 RECOMMENDATION 6 Workplace Policies and Drug Testing 7 Policy and Regulations on Alcohol and drug abuse 7 Employee Education/Health Promotion 8 Works Cited 9 Employer’s Guide for a Drug-free Workplace Introduction to Drugs and Alcohol In order to understand drug and alcohol use, it is important to be clear about what we mean by the terms ‘drugs’ and ‘alcohol. Alcohol
whether in a workplace, associated with athletes, or in a school district, chances are one may be asked to take a drug test. In the United States, approximately fifty thousand people die each year as a result of taking drugs. To make this number decline, something has to happen. No one can make decisions for an individual, but there can be an emphasis with trying to stop drug users, by drug-testing randomly and efficiently. The brain is a powerful source, taking over the society with drugs, telling
diagnosed for Alzheimer’s disease and ADHD, these drugs are increasingly used off label in universities and workplaces. In society, people call this form of off label use of neuroenhancing drugs chiefly two different things: smart drugs informally, and nootropics formally. The word nootropic originated from a Romanian Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea, a combination of the Greek words nous, meaning mind, and trepein meaning to bend or turn. These drugs do not increase intelligence per se, but do increase
At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, suppose an athlete had been found using steroids or other performance enhancing drugs to ensure a better outcome in competition. Their awards would be stripped away, and their name sullied for the world to see. Halfway across the world, in a tiny dormitory room of a prestigious college, an overwhelmed and under pressure freshman student turns to drugs as well. The drugs are not methamphetamines or cocaine, but a tiny pill obtained from a helpful friend with ADHD
The home run race between McGwire and Sosa that took place that year would solve the league’s problems, but it would later more notoriously come to mark what is known as the “Steroid Era” in baseball. Steroids and the use of various other performance-enhancing drugs in the sport of baseball would become such a prevalent social issue that the United States Congress would eventually conduct its’ own official investigation into the matter. The entire country began to tune in on television or buy tickets
cancer-fighting drugs their company produce, and also the egalitarian policies. 2. How can the Yerkes-Dodson law be related to the impact of Genentech’s programs that are aimed at enhancing employee well-being? The Yerkes-Dodson law dictates that performance increases with mental arousal. As arousal increases, performance also increases, but only to a point. When arousal becomes too high, performance decreases. The Genentech’s programs arousal is high, which increases performance. The arousal
Motivation, Stress and Communication: As part of analyzing motivation, stress, and communication in the workplace, I have selected the position of human service manager in United Way of Central Indiana. The company is located in Indianapolis and focuses on helping to sustain significant services for people in need of help and preventing the occurrence of such needs for future generations. United Way of Central Indiana has two major priorities that are centered on providing important human services