Drug testing within the workplace has become a common practice over the past three decades. While employers continue to focus on eliminating the risks that are associated with drug use from their workplace many other areas are just realizing that drug testing is important. One such area is through workforce development and training. Focusing solely on Indiana‚ drug testing was implemented for all new individuals who were enrolled in training provided by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 on July
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Drug Testing And Government Benefits!! Introduction: Why is drug testing needed for assistance‚ and does drug testing welfare applicants work? What about the states that have tried drug testing‚ did it help them? Is drug testing applicants unconstitutional? The advocates of these programs argue that the drug testing is implemented not just to save money‚ but to help people who may be struggling with substance abuse. If this is the case then why is the data telling us a different story? The
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27th 2010 Is drug testing an unwarranted invasion of employee privacy? Which is more important--getting drugs out of the workplace or protecting the privacy of the employee? What about other health-threatening activities‚ i.e. smoking outside of working hours‚ unprotected sex‚ etc. Should employers be able to question or test employees or potential employees about these activities? Both of these scenarios are tricky ones. On the one hand‚ any employer would want to get drugs out of the workplace
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Course: Date: Drug Testing in the Workplace Drug abuse has been on the increase in the world today‚ with its effects causing greater challenges at the workplace. Drugs can cause ill health‚ increase accidents at work and substantially reduce an employee’s output. Therefore‚ employers have been keen to keep drug misuse off the workplace. With most employers implementing drug testing at their workplace‚ it can be difficult for drug users to get employment in the future. Drug testing at the workplace
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Why there should not be drug testing for welfare Should drug tests be required of welfare recipients? No‚ I don’t think so. Welfare recipients are typically extremely poor and are uneducated. Another aspect of welfare recipients is that they are mentally ill. It would seem too ignoble to find ways to deny recipients access to welfare. Welfare recipients are usually on welfare because they lack an education and training to earn a better living. Their education only allows them basic opportunities
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Name Teacher Class Date Drug Testing: Well-Fitting for Welfare “According to a new study released by the World Health Organization‚ the U.S leads the world and takes the gold for the use of tobacco‚ pot‚ and cocaine‚ far outpacing other countries”(US Ranks #1). According to an article on alternet.org America abuses drugs worse than any other country. It is no secret that the United States’ economy is nearing an all time low. With the economy being nearly as bad as ever in the history of our
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Drug Testing in the Workplace: A Costly Mistake Abstract The issue of drug testing in the workplace has sparked an ongoing debate among management. There are many who feel that it is essential to prevent risks to the greater public caused by substance abuse while on the job. However‚ others believe that the costs far outweigh the benefits and that it is an invasion of privacy. Putting all ethical issues aside‚ evidence presented in this paper supports the latter. The costs of drug testing are
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Prescription drugs are a critical part of the health care system and chronic patients who rely on medicines to keep them healthy. Unfortunately‚ drug costs in the United States are too high and continue to be raised routinely. The unsustainable drug costs put a severe burden on the health care system and ultimately the patients. Should the United States government do more to regulate the cost of prescription drugs? It is still a debatable question as it is evident throughout history that developments
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Should recipients of welfare be forced to take drug tests? States have been proposing this very thing since the federal welfare reform in 1996. Sentiments from many who are supportive of the legislation seem to be in agreement that they do not want tax dollars spent on drugs and that if you have enough money to buy drugs then you don’t need public assistance. One popular belief is that this will save wrongfully spent tax dollars and shift it to those who need it and are trying to do the right thing
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Drug testing? Insane‚ outrageous‚ and wasteful. The issue is whether or not welfare recipients should be drug tested and clean in order to receive funding. Because laboratory tests are often inaccurate‚ drug testing should not be required. To begin with‚ drug testing might be illegal search and seizure and might end up not saving money. First and foremost‚ “a law requiring drug tests would be unconstitutional. The US Constitution’s fourth amendment protects Americans against unreasonable searches
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