Unit 2 Project: Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Tracy Brown Kaplan University Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients When considering effective ways to cut government spending‚ each state should start requiring mandatory drug testing among all its welfare recipients. Cutting welfare benefits to known drug abusers will allow benefits to be doled out more effectively and efficiently to those Americans that are truly in need‚ diminish drug use in those poverty stricken communities that
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Former Texas longhorns head football coach once said‚ “Most players don’t mind drug testing once they realize they don’t have to study for it.” The reason for quoting that is because there is more to the drug testing of athletes than just having to “study.” Studying is the least of an athlete’s worries. They have to worry about the consequences of failing a random test‚ disappointing their fans‚ team‚ and family. Here is more. Why this topic? Growing up my childhood consisted of sports and more
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Proposition of Value: Mandatory Drug Testing Issue: Whether or not mandatory drug testing results in positive gains or negative losses for the United States in terms of economy and society. Thesis: The enforcement of mandatory drug testing for employees and welfare recipients results in a more positive and productive society‚ as well as a developing economy. The legal roots of mandatory drug testing are found in the common law doctrine of "employment at will." That doctrine states that
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Larry Tipton Ms. K Amaya English IV 20 April 2014 Child Labor should be outlawed Child Labor is continued because there’s a lack of education and poverty affects the lives of many people and because of that children have to help out with providing with their families. Children are being forced to work and they are not able to get an education throughout the process‚ children have no reason to work long hours for work but not for school. According to Merriam Webster poverty means “the state
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients BSHS/332 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Regular Drug testing is part of many people’s lives. When starting a new job many companies require a drug screening urinalysis. After gaining employment many companies require regular screening. Welfare Recipients have never been required to have drug tests to acquire benefits. Welfare was started in the 1930’s during the Great Depression to help families that were struggling. New Laws States have been proposing
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represents the legal‚ moral and ethical implications of testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs as a precondition of employment or as a condition of continued employment. It is the author’s opinion of moral‚ ethical and legal issues that such testing causes. What exactly is meant by "moral and ethical issues"? The "Moral" refers to the conditions to be satisfied by any right course of action. In the context of drug and alcohol testing‚ the objective factors such as privacy‚ employer control
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Drug use in school athletics has become a substantial problem in today’s society. With the rising pressure to succeed and the high level intensity in athletics‚ it does not come to a surprise that so many student–athletes are giving in to drugs. Many schools that are faced with drug use are turning to mandatory drug tests for student-athletes; however mandatory drug tests are a violation of the Fourth Amendment‚ the Fifth Amendment and drug testing reverses the legal principle of innocent until
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Is Drug Testing in the Workplace Truly Effective in Keeping Employees Drug Free? In the field of Human Resources‚ employees are considered the most valuable resource. The job of a human resources representative is to find the best qualified person for the position. There are many forms of pre-employment testing that corporations use. Some use aptitude tests or other forms of intelligence testing‚ but more and more companies are now requiring a passing drug analysis as a condition for hire as
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Drug testing in the workplace became legal when President Reagan signed "Executive Order 12564 -- Drug-free Federal workplace". In turn‚ that spawned the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. Although both apply only to the workplaces of Federal employers and Federal contractors and grantees‚ private-sector employers immediately followed the government ’s lead because they legally could. However‚ there is much controversy over the legality of drug testing in the workplace‚ especially the legality of random
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients: Proposal to Drug Test Welfare Recipients There are approximately 30 million Americans on some sort of welfare right now. In 2010‚ the United States Federal Government spent $0.8 trillion toward welfare. The amount spent on welfare in 2010 is one of the top expenses‚ money spent on defense and healthcare were the highest expenses‚ but welfare was third (Chantrill‚ Christopher). The main purpose of an economic welfare system is to assist citizens who are not
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