Drug Testing before receiving financial aid from the government to support your family. Lately the media has been following the legislatures and their bills involving mandatory drug tests before receiving government assistance. “According to the Survey of Income and Program Participation conducted by the U.S. Census‚ well over 100 million Americans are enrolled in at least one welfare program run by the federal government. Many are enrolled in more than one. That is about a third of the entire
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institutions‚ and scientific centers. Animal testing is wrong but yet it is still legal in the US. The EU‚ European Union‚ have recently banned pharmaceutical and cosmetic testing on animals. There are many reasons why pharmaceutical animal testing should be banned and illegal. There has been argument for years between society and scientists that a drug reaction that an animal undergoes is quite different from how a human would react to the same drug. It is for this criticism that many medical practices
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legal and scientific aspects of animal testing. Opponents of animal testing argue that these experiments cause immense psychological and physical pain to animals and thus should be banned‚ while others highlight the public attention that animal testing can save a great number of human lives as this method provides scientists with much valuable information that cannot be received in any other way. Nevertheless‚ the reasons for the total prohibition of animal testing overweigh the claims of its proponents
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Introduction to Animal Testing In the realm of science‚ testing and experimentation is the foundation on which scientific knowledge stands upon. In highly prioritized sciences such as Biological‚ Medical‚ pharmaceutical sciences‚ Animal testing stands at its core. In such sciences‚ as mentioned before‚ have a major focus on the human consumer. Animal testing qualifies as using model organisms‚ which are scientifically and governmentally approved organisms‚ allowed to be tested on in human-driven
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Jonathon Walters author of “Should Welfare Recipients be Drug Tested?” published an article on March 13‚ 2012 for Governing: The State and Localities that provided readers with several points of interest when discussing drug testing welfare recipients. Walters states in his article “According to the National Conference of State Legislatures‚ almost two dozen states are considering bills that require drug testing those either applying for or receiving public benefits‚ a policy that has been cut down
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debate is if animal testing should remain legal or be banned. Did you know that Europe‚ which is the world’s biggest cosmetic producer‚ banned animal testing for cosmetics (11 Facts About Animal Testing)? Sure‚ animal testing has made some great medical breakthroughs like insulin. There are also downfalls to animal testing. One example is that the experimenters are torturing the animals and the test subjects are painfully tested on. These reasons show that animal testing should be banned‚ it
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Drug Testing for Welfare Health care‚ food stamps‚ child care assistance‚ unemployment‚ cash aid‚ and housing assistance are all forms of welfare in the United States. “In fiscal year 1995‚ federal‚ state‚ and local governments spent about $1.5 trillion on social welfare programs‚ an increase of $69.4 billion (5 percent) from 1994” (Joseph 1). Substance abuse is a major financial burden which “In 1998… cost Americans an estimated $110 billion in expenses and lost revenue” (Lyman and Potter 8)
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Animal Testing is the force experimentation on animals against their free will‚ usually leading to pain‚ discomfort‚ or malnourishment. An average of 115 million animals every year are tested for scientific and commercial experiments (crueltyfreeinternational.org). These tests are not only inhumane‚ but the experiments are also unreliable‚ unnecessary‚ and not safe. The testing of animals has been around for centuries‚ using animals‚ in hope to find a cure for human diseases. According to procon
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Animal Testing: a Vital Necessity In order to save people’s lives animal testing is necessary. 43% of adults in the United States say they are against animal testing (Alas). Yet most the adults who say they are against animal testing take medicine and use products that all have been tested on animals. The advances made from animal testing have increased our biomedical technology significantly. Almost every breakthrough we have had has some part of animal testing. Without animal testing the alternate
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Resolved: Should welfare recipients receive drug testing? Since welfare programs started in the 60s‚ a reoccurring pattern has been seen in more cases than one. Fraudulent activity and taking advantage of the system has been happening for way too long in our society. A simple drug test should be administered to welfare recipients if they expect to receive the benefits that are offered to them. If other citizens such as the ones in the working class are held accountable to be administered a drug screening
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