Persuasive Essay On Drug Testing

Drug abuse has always been a very delicate question as it always it deals with the health, well-being and even lives of human beings belonging to any country. Many people have argued that mandatory drug testing is a violation of their civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment grants you the right against unreasonable searches and seizures, otherwise known as a person's right to privacy. However, employers have the right to know whether or not the people working under them are stable to do their jobs. Indeed, for safety of all the humans randomly drug testing is the best way to maintain the quality of the employees.

There are many ways in which people who are addicted to intravenous drugs are perceived by our society. People sometimes believe the addicted person is to blame for their circumstance and substance dependence and some feel serious drug addicts are a “lost cause” due to a lack of values or flawed character. “Persons who struggle with addictions often are depicted as criminals or prostitutes, weak, lazy and morally corrupt” (Bartlett, R., Brown, L., Shattell, M., Wright, T., Lewallen, L. (2013). These stereotypes paint people with addiction negatively; a percentage of people who live with serious addiction are capable of recovery with the right attitude, support and healthcare. Street level healthcare services such as; safe injection sites, provide accessable resources at street level for people to make the choice to live healthier lifestyles. Govement funding and support is needed to make these projects possible to improve the health of Canadians. Safe injection sites are proven to be positive contributions to communities, save lives, reduce harm and open doors towards recovery for people from the grip of addiction.

A family is sitting at home and the phone rings. The hospital is calling to give some horrible news. While there son was at football practice, he had a stroke, was rushed to the hospital, and sadly passed away. They find out that their son had been taking steroids and that was the cause of his death. Their school did not have drug testing and they had no idea what their son had been doing. Student athletes should be drug tested because it causes health risks, it is illegal and cheating, and finally it teaches negative lessons.

In two thousand and twelve more than one-fifth of the U.S. population, or 52.2 million people, received some kind of means-tested public assistance every month. How many of those recipients do you think are using the assistance for illegal substances? Seven states already have welfare recipients drug testing to keep their benefits. These seven states include Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Welfare drug testing is an officiant way to make sure the aid is being used properly. Although most people pass the drug tests, some also fail. Those failing people then lose their aide. Welfare money is not for drugs, it's for keeping up with your bills and families needs. Welfare recipients should have to be drug tested to continue getting their assistance.

Drug testing has been going on for a long time and they have been used for different occupations. They have been used for teachers, medical jobs, and even jobs people wouldn't think had to have drug tests. The sad thing is they are using them on students. When a person uses drug tests on students for no apparent reason, that's just basically torturing them. This is occurring all throughout America and is really pointless. A child would not want some person they don't really know seeing their personal information and knowing if they are guilty or not. Having drug tests for student athletes is not beneficial because of the Extreme Cost, the Mental Health Effects, and the Fourth Amendment.

Since drug testing will continue to be implemented around some type of consistency should be established. A company should only be allowed to drug test in the following circumstances; pre-employment, reasonable suspicion or just cause, post-accident, randomly among all of the entire staff force, periodically with jobs who carry weapons or are in charge on saving lives, like doctors and nurses, and when an employee, who took a leave of absence to seek help for a drug abuse problem. With more and more states legalizing the recreational use of marijuana the states and federal laws need to be re-established. Do some companies allow the use of marijuana while others do not? There needs to be consistency across the board for every employer, whether it be a government job, private employer, and part of a union. People who are in jobs that carry weapons, operate large machinery, or are in a health care field should always be tested for drugs periodically and randomly. Their job duties entitle them to work with other and around other people. A person’s negative life choices should not have a causality on other civilians. If a police officer is on LSD and pulls his gun and starts shooting it, there is a major problem. It is important that these people are not impaired while working on the

I am going to talk about drugs and athletes and the different drugs they use to development of their body. One drug they use is steroids. I am going to prove that they should have to take the drug tests, that way the playing field is fair for everyone. Also a lot of kids have athletes as their role model. Most of the drugs they are taking are steroids which are illegal. I hope that I learn why athletes use steroids. That steroids are a horrible drug to use. Athletes and drug tests, the reason I am researching this is so the playing field between the players is fair.

After analyzing the various sources I have determined it is not cost effective to require drug testing for welfare applicants and recipients. Before I go into my reasoning I want to give a little history on why the welfare system was put into place. The British poor laws were in place before the Welfare system as we know was adapted. These laws were in place top distinguish what people were unable to work due to various reasons and who was able to work but just could not find employment. One that fell into this category received assistance either cash or others forms of help. All through the 1800's the government attempted to reconstruct how they dealt with the poor. The idea was to assist the poor while helping them move to their independence.

Jon and other individuals struggling with an addiction often encounter internalised oppression, this involves self-hate, shame, low self-esteem and usually the disowning of individual and cultural identities. This usually results when members of an oppressed group take on society’s attitudes towards them. Once addicted, motivation to recover is weakened by exacerbating elements such as poor prospects of employment, insecure housing and social isolation. This policy is calculated to exclude (marginalisation) this particular social group by a more powerful group for the social, economic and political benefit of the more powerful group. On the negative side this has potential to cause even greater hardship and spiral minority groups into worse mental health. The government is affected positively through the preservation of funds not wasted o incorrect payment with Centrelink

The world of professional sports is changing. This radical change has been brought about by one simple factor: invasive testing. Athletes are now subject to advanced screening and probing before they are even permitted to play for the team. Naturally, two distinct opinions arise: those in favor of this screening, and those who believe it is a major invasion of personal privacy. Despite the claim that athletes must comply with their employer’s demands, drug testing poses a threat because it affects the privacy of athletes, as well as that of the general public.

For the past 60 years drugs have found the mainstream among teenagers, especially ages 14-19. High schoolers often delve themselves into the use of drugs shortly after starting high school. Often pressured to do it by upper classmen. Whether it is marijuana, LSD, Ecstasy, or MDMA, kids will experiment with them. Schools all across the USA are drug testing students at random times throughout the school year, and are putting kids into trouble that do not deserve it! Students should only be drug tested if they are in possession of an illegal drug, or are not sober at the time school is taking place.

Imagine, you’re about to run for the 3200m event until one of the coaches say that you are required to take a drug test to make sure you do not have any supplements or additives inside your body. Does the administration have the right to do that and invade your privacy? Drug testing for high school and college students is something very controversial for many years and in fact, many people still talk about the topic today.

As Brandon Coats sits before the Colorado Supreme Court, to await their decision, he contemplates between abiding by work rules and following doctor's recommendations. At the age of 16, Brandon Coat’s spine was brutally crushed in a car accident leaving him quadriplegic. Having numerous seizures and muscle spasms everyday, Coats turned to medical marijuana as a way to relieve his pain. However, Coats employer, Dish Network, has a zero tolerance drug policy and Coats was subject to a random drug test on suspicion of being impaired. Coats drug test showed unknown amounts of THC in his bloodstream and was immediately fired from Dish Network. Coats sued Dish Network, but ultimately lost because Dish was incompliance with federal regulations and

When it comes to your rights to housing, you cannot be denied access to a renting or buying a property due to past substance abuse or treatment. You

It seems that drugs have become a major epidemic within teenagers in the last few years. There is only so much that can be done to try and eliminate drug use, while not dramatically changing anything in the community. Drug testing the district’s student athletes provides many reasons that it is a worthwhile expense. Lawyers, Mark Vetter and Daniel Chanen, stated in the Sports Law Institute Newsletter “First, student-athletes were the leaders of the drug culture” (Vetter and Chanen ¶3). This simple statement proves that athletes need to be drug tested; it will improve multiple circumstances within the district and the lives of athletes. Drug testing student athletes at the high school level is a step every school district needs to take in order to improve their schools, and the students’ lifestyles despite the high price tag on these tests.