Pros And Cons Of Drug Testing

Mrs. Gallos English 3 2 May 2016 Drug Testing in the Workplace – Good or Bad? There has been much debate over employers drug testing their employees. There are pros and cons to both sides of this debate. However, not drug testing employees has many very important positive affects on the employees. Not only is drug testing in the workplace unethical, it also reduces productivity and lowers workers moral. The employer takes on an extra expense when they drug test their employees, but it could

Drug Testing Recipients of Government Assistance Poverty has been a growing problem in many cities around the United States. Because of this growing problem,many state governments currently give welfare benefits to people that may not be able to provide for themselves. However, there are some some taxpayers that object to these benefits being given out. It is because they imagine that the people receiving these benefits will spend the money on drugs instead of what the benefits are intended for

superhuman quality of professional athletes is precisely what Americans admire about them” (CITE) Drug testing was created to stop the use of performance enhancements as artificial stimulants for physical and mental enhancements. (CITE) Drugs which are used by athletes in all types of sports have many advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, laws were created to keep an equal playing field. The use of drugs date back to the ancient Olympic games. This is where the word doping originated from which was

competitive extracurricular activities, such as sports, clubs, or teams, have the option of drug testing students as part of their clearing process. Though not mandated by the state or even the government, some school districts believe it to be a needed criterion, on top of their physical and academic standing in order for students to participate. One such case, in which a school district required drug testing, lead to the court case of the Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of

The first argument in favor of mandating drug tests towards welfare recipients is Robert Rector, a Senior Research Fellow in Domestic Policy at the Heritage Foundation. Robert Rector’s argument claims that, “Welfare Programs Should Promote Self-Sufficiency", meaning that the goal of tax dollar paid programs is to help people so that they eventually no longer need government assistance. Therefore, Rector believes that one way to do that is to make sure the recipients of these programs live as healthy

Should students be subjected to random drug tests? The United States supreme court created new laws in 2002 stating that public schools could drug test any student that are competing in any competitive extracurricular activity. The supreme court ruled that public school could test for any illegal substance. Even though drug testing for student athletes is legal, it is not an effective way in stopping students from using drugs. Drug testing drives students away from participating in extracurricular

in middle school and high school to participate in random, suspicionless drug tests, one percent out of the 16,000 schools in the country had brought the random drug testing into their facilities. (Taylor, Robert) Even though the Supreme Court ruled this way, they did not feel that this testing was a good idea. There had to of been some reason for this. (Bailey, William) If only one out 16,000 schools pick up on drug testing as a good idea, then there is more than likely something that the schools

Rushma Parajuli English 110: Introduction to Academic Writing (Dr. Marjorie Swann) Random Drug Testing for Everyone at Hendrix: Is it a Good or a Bad Idea? Substance abuse or drug abuse has been one of the major issues in American schools and colleges for a very long time. As reported by USA Today, "Nearly half of America's 5.4 million full-time college students abuse drugs or drink alcohol on binges at least once a month" (Leinwand). Consequently, these issues have brought us into a major debate;

giving the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory test are inexperienced. A study showed that eighty percent of states in 2002 assign the test to welfare caseworkers instead of mental health specialists like it is supposed to be (“Mandatory Drug Testing” 3). This means the people giving the test do not have the training that is required to properly administer it. Other studies showed that the workers received less than the necessary eight hours of training needed to hand out the tests. Workers

Some argue that by requiring drug testing for all welfare recipients, the state would be unreasonably infringing on the rights of individuals. While this may seem to some like it is an unrightfully needed search, the money being given to those is a privilege not a right. The drug tests would be done before the money is given to those receiving benefits. Those unwilling to comply with the mandates can face