Pros And Cons Of Drug Testing

The performance of random drug testing has seen its fair share of scrutiny in terms of cost, test result reliability, and constitutionality. Drug testing has been fraught with controversy for decades by both employers and employees alike and there are three valid reasons as to why the testing is not ideal. One of the main elements that is a cause for concern is an employee’s invasion of privacy. When an employee tests positive, there is a strong possibility and fear that they will be permanently stigmatized. Any explanation given to the employer, whether it’s voluntary or forced on contingency of employment, violates their HIPAA Rights. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, has referred to the practice as a "needless indignity" (DeCew, 1994).

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. It is because of this thinking that since 2009 seven states have enacted legislature to drug test those receiving government assistance. By drug testing citizens receiving government assistance, the government is unfairly assuming that welfare recipients are using their money that they receive on drugs. There are people arguing for both sides, I for one am against drug testing for government assistance.

After years of delays, rising tensions and hours of discussion, a proposal to randomly drug-test Zionsville High School students was approved Monday night.The Zionsville School Board voted 3-2 in favor of the new policy which requires any students who elect to participate in extracurricular activities or park on school property to consent to random drug tests.Students who fail a drug test will be required to enter and complete a drug counseling program.The approved plan is a variation of one supported years ago by the Zionsville Student Rights Union. They also proposed that only students who park or participate in afterschool programs be tested, but the union plan wanted students to face no consequences at school, and for positive results to

Mandatorily drug testing a controversial issue right now. Mandatorily drug testing welfare recipients is wrong for many reasons. Not only is it unconstitutional but it also very costly. It adds to the debt that the USA already has. Drug testing the recipients is unnecessary and not needed.

No , it doesn’t because if the students want to participate in any activity they should be able to agree to the testing. For Example , if they want to get into sports they must agree because if that student is taking drugs that hurts the school in drastic ways . The School District just wanted to put a policy for the schools so they can prevent drug use among the students in their district . They just want help the kids .

Drug-testing applicants, as well as recipients, on welfare has been an ongoing debate for multiple years. Many have argued that if an individual has to be tested to get a paycheck, others should be tested and screened to receive a federal check of financial aid. Those individuals who are recipients of the welfare program should be drug-tested nationwide to eliminate the problematic spending of taxpayer dollars. Since 1971, this type of testing has been used for military purposes, in the work force, and has recently been incorporated into state welfare laws. With this addition, controversial topics, such as how these tests are paid for and whether or not they violate the fourth amendment as an unlawful search, have arose. Although, they have

FACTS: Tecumseh Oklahoma School District in 1998 enacts a policy of testing students that compete in extracurricular activities. The policy tests students for illegal or non-prescribed legal drugs, and students are tested when signing up for activities and could be tested randomly or due to suspicious behavior. The School District’s drug testing process included allowing students to provide samples in a closed stall, kept results in a confidential file separate from other school records, not provide results to law enforcement, allows students to retest after a time period, and no effect on a students’ academic records.

Secondly, even when telling the students that the drug test is approaching, it does not decrease the usage of drugs. In those high schools that tested athletes, between the drug test surveys given to students by University of Michigan research investigators, there was roughly a 94 percent agreeance between the students at both of the schools that implement drug testing policies and those who do not, that they had been using drugs within the last year (Swanbrow). Furthermore, the test do not deter students from taking other drugs that will not show up on the test. The University of Michigan research investigators even surveyed experienced marijuana users and asked how the drug test would impact their usage of it and other drugs. The students essentially said that even when knowing the test was coming they were still going to take the drugs and still manage to pass the test by using others urine for example. The data from students surveyed from drug testing and non-drug testing schools stated that their usage of drugs was almost exactly the same, roughly a six percent difference between the two. Therefore, the drug testing programs

The Cullman City Board of Education has approved a student-athlete drug screening program that will be put into effect for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year. The board approved the program with a 4-1 vote. Student athletes will be randomly selected for drug screening and all results of test will remain confidential. The drug screening may take place in or out of a student-athletes respective season. The purpose of the drug screening program is not punitive in nature. It is designed to benefit and protect students and allow the school to provide intervention for student-athletes if necessary. Student-athletes will be asked to administer uncontaminated samples for testing and will be provided with absolute privacy in a designated restroom

“In 2012, roughly one-fifth of the U.S. population, or 52.2 million people, received some kind of means-tested public assistance every month” (Elliott). With 20% of the U.S. population receiving welfare it is the government’s responsibility to regulate is receiving the assistance. Welfare recipients should be required to take a required drug test to receive any benefits because it is a waste of taxpayer dollars. It is the government's responsibility to find out who are using drugs so they can help the recipient function on their own.

Throughout history, there have always been people willing to work for what they want, and those who expect things to be handed to them as if it was a natural-born right. While the welfare system does positively impact some families in need, many people take advantage of it. With this being a well known fact, the government still continues to use ten percent of the federal budget on welfare (“Budget” 1).

In order to keep organization ethical as it relates to drug testing, the U.S. Supreme Court has approved four methods for drug testing. The organization can request a blood, breath, hair, or urine tests. These tests will not harm the job candidate or employee. The company will send the job candidate or employee to an off-site medical

Those who refuse to give consent to be tested, or whose parents refuse consent, might face discrimination. It isn't clear weather testing serves any purpose. In some cases, a test might reveal that drugs were taken outside school hours, a time when the school has limited authority over a student. And problems might arise when drug testing is allied with issues of discipline, what right does the school have to discipline a student for actions outside of the classroom.

Introducing the fear to students on drug testing that will directly affect them, will most likely decrease the use of drugs being abused. The president of the Institute for Behavior and Health explains that RSDT (Random Student Drug Test) could be used on any athlete, any day, and any time without notice (DuPont et al ¶6). Making the testing random will help eliminate any cheating or strategizing that the students who would test positive could be doing. Keith Ablow, MD and psychiatrist published an article in 2011 said that, both varsity and junior varsity teams should be tested with results kept private (¶6). To only test Varsity athletes would be unacceptable because JV athletes could cause just as much harm to athletes around them as to themselves. To make it fair and because kids follow by example, coaches would test also (Ablow ¶ 9). When a positive test appears, there should be punishment, but not to the extent of expulsion. Guidelines to RSDT programs say it is not supposed to end up in punishment for drug tests (DuPont et al ¶25). Not giving any punishment would defeat the purpose because then kids would not care to stop their drug use. Random drug tests to not only student-athletes, but students in general will promote a healthier lifestyle without drug use (DuPont et al ¶5). Students should be on edge not knowing if they are going to be tested or

“According to the Legalization supporters the economy takes more damage if drugs are illegal, they state that it will make the public funds wasted on the enforcement of drug laws an example of that are workers such as DEA and the police which searches for drugs users or people who possess drugs. The government pays billions of billions of money on the search for drugs each year. The prisoners which are imprisoned because of drug use also cost the government a lot of money, according to studies (New York times, accessed 2016-05-23) 58% of the federal prisoner population are imprisoned for drug related crime, The city pays $167,731 to feed, house and guard each inmate every year, and 58% of the prisoners are accused and locket in of drug related crime so imagen how much money that are used for just to maintain the convicts. Instead this money could be used for more important factors for the good society. The borders are also a much discussed question; we have all heard or watched the TV-programs about the drug war and the high security boarders to prevent different type of drugs trespassing in to the country and what we see on these programs are true. Since 1981 USA started to use tax dollar to prevent the smuggling from Colombia’s cocaine, Jamaican marijuana, Burmese heroin and so on, but all do there are a lot of tax