ARGUMENT ESSAY RANDOM 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
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The Push for Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients United States lawmakers face one of the most pressing issues of our time-welfare reform. New screening processes‚ often considered a direct violation of constitutional rights‚ have already been enacted in many states. Strong evidence exists‚ asserting that the practice of administering drug testing to welfare recipients will cost the U.S. taxpayers more money in the long run‚ stigmatize applicants and participants‚ and serve only the purpose of making
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Jocelyn Alvarez June 4‚ 2013 Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Yes‚ marijuana should be legalized. I believe that drugs are positive here is why. It is used for medical purposes for one. It is improves their health and actually saves lives. “Patients have been allowed to use marijuana with the permission of a doctor‚ but the drug has been nearly impossible for them to obtain legally because the Legislature has been unable to approve a plan to make it available.” (Editorial: Time to OK marijuana
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and illegally smuggled in to United States. Pot is the most commonly used drug in America. The attempt to federally legalize marijuana has been going on for years. Today‚ the debate to legalize cannabis has become stronger. There is a campaign created known as the “420 Campaign‚” it is a campaign that conveys the top ten reasons for legalizing cannabis ("High Times"‚ 2012). The 420 Campaign‚ presents very good arguments that‚ at this time‚ can benefit the recovery of the current economy status
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Legalizing marijuana has been such a large debate for so many years. There are reasons on both sides of the argument that have kept it illegal for such a long time but recently that has changed. “Initiative 502‚ passed last month by Washington [and Colorado] voters‚ legalized recreational marijuana use starting December 6” (Duke). These were just the first two states to push for marijuana to be legal for recreational reasons. Are there going to be more states legalizing
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transportation jobs for drug and alcohol use. It was a good idea because workers who abuse drugs are more likely to injure themselves and put other people at risk. Thus‚ the workplace drug testing has developed because of the growing use and abuse of drug and alcohol in modern society. Workplace drug testing has a lot of advantages. Even though some people argue that the process is both unfair and unnecessary‚ some classes of prospective should be tested. Workplace drug testing has become more
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Drug Testing in the Workplace This paper intends to make assertions against drug testing in the workplace especially where the activities of others could be disturbed. No worker wants that his private life is invaded and suspected. You do not want your life to be your boss’s business. Individual and civil rights are the ones that are most respected‚ giving every citizen the right to keep his life private and not scrutinized. However‚ with the advent of efficient technological tools
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“A recent study shows that 25 percent of adult patients who were convinced to see a doctor after seeing an ad were diagnosed with a medical condition.” (Tauzin‚ president and CEO of PHRMA). This is stating that prescription drug ads help people be aware of diseases that are unfamiliar. Although some of these commercials ads are banned in other countries‚ the countries they aren’t they save a lot of lives. People may think these commercial ads create a lot of controversy because some may think they
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piece about the argument in today’s sport world‚ the question‚ should performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) be legalised in professional sports? I am hoping to pull sport enthusiasts from the ‘ban doping’ side of the argument and look at the full picture long term. I will do this by showing them the positives of legalising PED’s. Should Performance Enhancing Drugs be Legalised in Professional Sports? For years there has been an ongoing argument about whether performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) should
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John David Thompson English 112 6-15-2015 Rogerian In President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address‚ Obama advocated for increasing the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour. The timing of Obama’s speech comes at a time when income inequality has become the biggest economic issue in the United States of America. During the Great Depression‚ The United States of America designed a minimum wage as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Since its inception‚ the government required minimum wage
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