There you have it, my honest opinion. Drug Test for welfare benefits. I don’t want to support anyone else’s habit when I am having a hard time making ends meet.” Drug testing will require recipients to stay free of drug use, making them employable. As author Heather Ben states, “The government’s latest welfare reforms all beneficiaries will be required to take pre-employment tests when requested by a prospective employer, Those who refuse or repeatedly fail, will have their benefits cut or suspended.” Passing the bill could minimize the purchase of illegal drugs, making our children and society a safer place. This also includes prescription drugs as well.
* Health risk Each of us have the right to be free, so why athletes does not have the right to take drugs, in fact taking drugs can help them to achieve their own goals. Even if they’re risking their lives it is still worth it. If we prohibit the people who are smoking and risking their lives, why do we have to forbid the athletes from taking drugs and risking their lives to pursue
The inability for employers to have a drug free workplace, since they will no longer be able to give the employees drug test for marijuana. It would send a permissive message to young adults that drug use is acceptable. This creates to the public perception that marijuana is not a serious or harmful drug, when in fact, it lead to numerous mental and physical harm. Loss of control over medical marijuana by physician. In consistency with other laws for example, if a state legalizes marijuana, this conflicts with federal laws, and this leads to confusion in the public and among law
If marijuana was decriminalized users would get a fine if found guilty of possession. It would be seen as a civil matter instead of a criminal matter, therefore saving state revenues. Prison populations would decrease, housing cost for those inmates would not exist, and the state would receive the revenue created from the fine laws. Decriminalization does not include access to the plant. Users would still be forces to illegally purchase the product, unless they had a medical prescription, and live in a state where marijuana is legal for medical purposes.
For me, this issue hits a spot. I am not in any way a drug user, but I have found myself requiring the assistance of welfare. I know how easy it is for someone to receive cash assistance and use it as they please, but I also know what it’s like to have a job and pay taxes. I believe that this law will enforce personal responsibility and make people be held accountable for their actions. Most jobs require drug testing, whether it’s annual or random, so why shouldn’t someone who is not working for their income also be drug tested?
We could actually save, and even make money if all drugs were legal. All the money spent on drugs and addicts would be spent voluntarily. We wouldn’t need high tech machinery to find drugs because dealers and drug smuggler would be put out of business. We would have no reason for them if drugs were legal. All the money we saved from legalizing drugs could be spent on education and other things that would actually approve America.
243). I couldn’t disagree more with this reason, It is not guaranteed that the lowering of the price of the narcotics would be sufficient enough where it would prevent addicts from stealing. In a lot of cases addicts have lost their jobs, family, friends, went through life savings of money so they have nothing, it’s not that they just can’t afford the drugs, they do not have and funds period. When you’re an addict you’re not in control of your actions; there are stimulants that cause people to react in all kind of ways. In Theodore Dalrymple’s paper, Don’t Legalize Drug he mentions there are drugs that have psychopharmacological properties that lead to violence, strictly based on the consumption of the drug.
Random drug tests should not be allowed in schools because they are a violation of our privacy, it is against the fourth amendment, they do not deter use, and the drug tests are not always accurate. What if you didn’t ever do a drug and you received a positive on your drug test? You would be taken out of any extracurricular activities that you were in because they have a no drug policy. Drug test are not 100% positive which means there are always going to be something that goes wrong. Some say that drug testing is accurate enough to be used in schools, even though some may receive false positives; the benefits still outweigh the costs.
An opposing view might say that a smoke-free campus is not a big issue to deal with. They may argue that pollution is caused by many other reasons than just smoking. Although smoking can put your health as well as the health of others at risk anyone can go to the doctor and be treated. They may argue that smoking is not a big issue for people who inhale second hand smoke because you can easily just walk away from the smoke. Although there are a lot of smokers who attend college I would say I still agree with a completely
Why drugs should not be legalized George Parker ENC-1102-12 Composition II October 30, 2010 Legalizing drugs would make it so much easier for the law enforcement and they would be getting the tax money from it as well. They would be able to control the price and the amount of each package sold as well as who would be able to buy the product. This may cause a problem with the youth that are into using the drug due to the government putting an age limit on the purchase of the drug. The drug dealer would lose all their business as the drug would be legal and the price of the drug would be in the hands of the local government and not in the dealer’s hand. A lot of people would like this and it would make it easier and better