People do not accept responsibility for their own actions and are losing conscience awareness and blaming others for their particular circumstances and feel that they are the victims. Some think that we need to get back to the Christian beliefs in order to solve the problems of depression and the over usage of drugs. Others think that it is extremely important for a child to have proper nutrition and some of the answers to these behavioral problems can be solved by investing in children’s health in the early stages of their lives by giving them the proper nutrition so that they will grow up healthier and have less emotional
The American people overwhelmingly support the medical use of marijuana and Eighteen States have medical marijuana laws and several more are currently working on medical marijuana legislation. Clearly, the light has been seen by the sick people of America because 2 states have completely legalized it for recreational use just like alcohol. Obviously there will be driving laws and public intoxication laws as there should be. Being stoned in public isn’t good for a person’s image anyway. Once the Judges, Governors, senators and every other political officials have come to an agreement on the controversy, I feel America will become a much healthier, smellier, safer place.
Many of the drugs that are abused by our youth were manufactured and marketed to Americans by big pharmaceutical companies. These drugs are supposed to be used to lessen pain, but more times than not they are prescribed with little regard to the risks they pose. This is where the problem lies, doctors throwing prescriptions to people for small injuries which in turn into a dependency problem. ”Drugs like fentanal, codene, oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone (which is used to help treat people with opioid addictions) together are linked to 75% of prescription drug overdoses each year. These dangerous drugs are all over our streets in urban and in rural parts of the U.S.
However, drug testing can also be costly and at times can risk possible privacy invasions. More and more employers are requiring job applicants and even existing employees to take and pass a test, usually a urine test or a hair sample for illegal drugs. In some industries, such as the transportation industry, the need for a drug-free workplace is obvious. In other industries, employers may justify drug testing on grounds of lower accident rates or less absenteeism (Fleischer, 2004). There are pros and cons to employer drug testing just like everything else in the world.
The random testing is done unexpectedly and the normal drug testing is just before the employee gets employed. These are all test that many states are thinking of doing for the employees in their workplace and not only in the workplace but also to be able to receive welfare some states are considering of doing a drug test on the people who want to receive food stamps or some type of help from welfare. The issue with drug testing is becoming something that many companies are thinking of
Jodie Kaser English Composition II 707 Kathleen Gallgher 04-01-2013 Title?!?! When I first thought up my topic I was all for drug testing welfare recipients. If you can be drug tested to work for your money then there should be no problem being drug tested to receive "free” money as well. However, the more I read into the topic I realize that drug testing welfare recipients is not only a violation of the 4th amendment, but based on stereotypes, expensive, and ineffective compared to other treatments as well. Drug testing innocent welfare recipients violates a person’s rights under the 4th amendment.
We spend billions of dollars on programs, but we still have major drug trafficking problems. Is it because we have a major drug addiction problem so we demand more? When there is a demand for a product the manufacturers will always provide that product. In today’s society there are synthetic drugs that are sold in local tobacco stores. How can this be if we are spending tax payers money on reducing drug trafficking.
War on Drugs” 3). There was a large rise of cocaine use during this time. Many people in society blamed marijuana for being a gateway drug to cocaine. This was a large reason why the marijuana decriminalization attempt fell short. President Reagan said, “It is far more effective if you take the customers away than if you take the drugs away from those who want to be customers.
The debate to legalize marijuana in the United States of America has been fought over nonstop since the existence of the drug and its affects, even though marijuana has been tested and proven to provide a very positive impact on the American society. Legalizing marijuana would help treat ill citizens, reduce the numbers in our prisons, and create a steadier economy by increasing
A Drug Free Work Week is an effort from the department of U.S. secretary that promotes important information on being drug-free for the sake of keeping of safe workplaces. Today where we stand with this is there’s lots of money wasted when in turn it could be implemented in a drug-free workplace program and could be saving millions in the process. With the implementation of these programs there are lots of claims that have been reported which could have been stopped or not have happened to begin with. There is lots of lost productivity which is costly and wasting efficiency, time, and money to search for new sober employee’s; when the company has implemented a Drug Free Workplace Program that has educational investments for prevention and assistance programs that pays