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    Areas Where Drug Testing Can Improve Safety Drug addiction have become very popular in the 1960’s due to the influence of the mass media and music. It has estimated that about 208 million people around the globe are drug users. Despite the government’s full efforts in trying to fight against drugs‚ clandestine laboratories continue to rise and cause havoc in the lives of the people today‚ especially the youth. A large majority of drug users are from the work force which is why some companies strictly

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    new laws and social media. Others would argue quite the opposite. The argument of random drug testing in schools is a modern day idea that can solve many problems‚ but can also create problems too. Both sides of the argument bring up many valid points‚ all of which are from credible sources. Whether they think random drug testing in schools is harmful to students’ rights or that the benefits of drug testing outweigh the preferred privacy of the students‚ the articles present reliable evidence that

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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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    Drug Testing Should Drug testing in schools need to be mandatory? Is it an invasion of privacy? About 17% of students are doing drugs‚ drinking alcohol‚ or smoking during school. By 8th grade‚ 38% of teens have consumed alcohol‚ 15% have smoked cigarettes‚ and 16.5% have used marijuana. Drug testing should be mandatory due to the overuse of drugs in high school. The overuse of drugs is becoming huge. I know many people that use drugs in my grade that need help or punishment. Since random student

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    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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    introduction of random (‘suspicionless’) drug testing. Testing is already widespread in independent boarding schools‚ with three-quarters of schools reported to be using some drug testing. Although the enthusiasm from teachers and parents for testing‚ a few practical studies have examined the effects of drug testing in schools. One thing that makes this problem difficult to address is the issue of violating the kid’s individual rights. Drug testing is conducted by taking blood‚ urine‚ saliva

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    Employee state drug testing case Supreme Court of Nevada No.26157 Appellants‚ Nevada employment security department and employer challenged an order of the 8th judicial district court. Which reversed appellants department’s decision to deny respondent employee’s claim for unemployment benefits. The respondent “Holmes” was employed by appellant Hotel “San Remo” as a slot hostess. Holmes was denied unemployment benefits due to work related misconduct. Holmes appealed

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    This article is intended as a companion piece to our other article on drug and alcohol testing programmes. It aims to give a brief introduction to some of the common positives and negatives‚ pros and cons that can be encountered when organisations decide to implement testing programmes in their workplaces. Pros of Drug and Alcohol Testing. Increased Safety: Drug testing in the workplace can make the workplace a safer place to be for employees and customers alike. In safety critical industries

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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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    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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