English 1302 14 July 2011 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Recently there has been a lot of debate over drug testing as an eligibility requirement for welfare recipients to receive benefits. There is a significant amount of Americans that agree with drug testing as an eligibility requirement for those seeking welfare benefits‚ but there is also individuals claiming that the drug testing is unconstitutional and is a violation of their fourth amendment of the U.S. constitution‚ protection against unreasonable
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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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Agreement with Idea to Implement Drug-Testing Policy This memo is in response to your recent e-mail in regards to random drug testing. I believe that implementing this policy would be extremely beneficial to our company as a whole. This is for the following reasons: financial savings‚ workplace safety‚ and to maintain our reputation. Financial Savings It is important that we strive to maintain a safe and effective work environment for every single one of our employees. It is estimated that workplace
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many abusers of the system would stop taking advantage. Drug testing should be required in order to receive welfare benefits because drug testing would aid in stopping drug use‚ because able-bodied recipients would be pushed to look for jobs‚ and because most working citizens are required to take drug tests in order to work. The first reason why individuals on welfare should be drug tested is to help fight against drug use in America. Drug abuse is overly common in the United States. Many individuals
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Drug Testing in the Workplace Throughout recent years‚ applicant drug testing has become one of the most prevalently used strategies by many organizations to control substance abuse in the workplace. Drug testing is a selection tool used by organizations to determine whether or not an individual has previously used drugs and/or alcohol. Most employers find that drug testing‚ if done correctly‚ is a worthwhile investment associated with increased workplace safety‚ lower absenteeism‚ fewer on-the-job
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there have been actions made to start drug testing recipients of welfare‚ potentially altering the whole concept of welfare. Although‚ only 3 states‚ as of now‚ have actually made it a law‚ “getting welfare and food stamps may become tougher as twenty three states around the country seek to adopt stricter laws that would require public aid recipients to take drug tests.” (Alcindor‚ 2012). The act of drug testing welfare recipients would be just that‚ drug testing recipients. Many of the states considering
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Drug testing welfare recipients is an excellent idea. For instance‚ random drug testing would help substance-abusing welfare recipients conquer their drug problems. Drug testing would be very helpful to the ones who are not substance abusing to actually get the help they deserve. It’s also great because most recipients have children which is what the benefits should be for if the recipient has TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy). Now there are plenty of recipients who abuse the programs like
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Faith Stadnyk Mccourt ENG3U April 24th‚ 2014 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients According to a study on the government of Canada’s website‚ in 2003‚ 1.7 million people were on government assistance and that number has continued to grow. The current unemployment rate in Canada is 7.2% and many of those families rely on the government to put food on the table‚ a roof over their heads and clothes on their bodies‚ meaning that money is absolutely necessary. However‚ working citizens are
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Random Drug Testing: Waste of Time Her grades fell. She was always tired. She never seemed to be able to focus at school. Classes she used to be interested in became utterly mundane. Friends she used to care about became replaceable. She stopped spending time with her family. She sat on the bench at every soccer game instead of becoming the star player her coaches thought she could. This is what addiction to drugs can do to a young person ’s life. Addiction can take away everything that
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Drug Testing In The Workplace Drug Testing in the workplace can seem impersonal and invasive towards employees but it is a process that is done when an employer has reasonable suspicion that employees are using drugs at work coming from a variety of sources such as tips‚ accidents or behavioral problems‚ actual observation of drug use‚ and symptoms of drug usage. Today businesses feel that they have to be well aware that their workplace is a drug free place and that their employees are stable
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