states to distribute. States are allowed some flexibility in how they chose to distribute these funds. There has been a recent movement among states to implement drug testing for applicants and recipients to receive this assistance. Many people see this as a violation of their 4th amendment rights. The ideology behind drug testing is to weed out misuse of funds by recipients‚ thus alleviating budgetary concerns in hard economic times. Are there other means of easing budgetary issues without
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have been enforcing drug tests to better their students. This has lead to several debates between multiple people and debating whether this is a good thing or not. In the non-fiction article‚ “At One College‚ a Fight Over Required Drug Tests” written by Timothy Williams‚ it shares important reasons of why it’s important to do drug testing on college students. Drug testing is such a controversial topic‚ but there’s many reasons why it’s important to do so. Students should be drug tested because it’s
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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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In response to the increasing number‚ in April of 1989‚ MUSC instituted a drug testing policy. Women who came into MUSC that presented suspicion of drug use were subjected to the drug screenings. If the tests were positive‚ it was reported to police and the women were subsequently arrested. MUSC worked in conjunction with the Solicitor for Charleston in the prosecution of mothers whose children tested positive for drugs at birth. Petitioners were
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Drug Testing is Important Putting on shoes getting ready to go play the first college home game of our season‚ and suddenly a man comes up to me out of breath and says‚ “Excuse me‚ sir‚ I was told to come and explain to you that you will not be able to play your game today‚ or any more games for that matter‚ because your drug test came back positive.” My stomach dropped‚ and I just sat in the locker room not knowing what to do. Professional athletes should be drug tested because they are an influence
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should undergo mandatory drug testing. There are many pros and cons of drug testing people on welfare. According to State Drug Testing Requirements for Welfare Recipients‚ by Abby E. Schaberg that drug testing people who want to apply for welfare would be considered as an unreasonable search and therefore violate the Fourth Amendment. However‚ the constitution of such laws has yet to be definitively determined. Legislatures in at least 28 states are considering drug testing applicants or recipients
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High schoolers tend to not make good choices as they get older. In the article “Drug Testing of High School Students May Help Prevent Substance Abuse” written by Joined Together Staff says‚ “Once students graduate and move off to college‚ all bets are off‚ and the rates of drug and alcohol use go through the roof.” Once students think they are older‚ they think they can do whatever they want and never get into trouble. Students at a younger age are easier to deal with when getting help‚ because they
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Life Support‚ Inc. Interoffice Memorandum To: Jane Doe From: John Smith Date: April 27th‚ 2013 Subject: 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
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dollars being spent on welfare that we could statistically be saving if we were drug testing welfare recipients. That number also doesn’t include people getting food stamps‚ or the people who qualify for unemployment. Or‚ we spent that money on the future we could send over 6 million students through public colleges to improve our economy‚ and stimulate innovation. All welfare recipients should have to undergo drug testing before receiving any sort of help financial from the government. There is
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Drug Testing You are playing varsity for the sport you love your freshmen year. You have many colleges looking at you already and you are still a freshmen! Next thing you know‚ you are going to the collage of your dreams on a scholarship. This is the best thing that has ever happened to you but‚ you have a dirty secret…...When you were in high school you developed a drug addiction. The college you go to gives a drug test every month. With your addiction‚ you don’t pass‚ you get kicked off the
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