The Pros and Cons of Employer Drug Testing Programs Abstract Some schools, hospitals, or places of employment conduct drug testing. There are a number of ways this can be done, including: pre-employment testing, random testing, reasonable suspicion/cause testing, post-accident testing, return to duty testing and follow-up testing. These types of test usually involve collecting urine samples to test for drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, PCP [phencyclidine], and opiates (Espejo, 2011). By implementing a drug free work place and having an employee drug testing policy in place can make for a much safer work place and reduce the chances of accidents. However, drug testing can also be costly and at times can risk possible privacy invasions.
Just like with any new law, legalizing marijuana will have to come fully equipped with guidelines and regulations to control it. The first control that needs to be in place would be an age restriction somewhat like the one in place for alcohol and tobacco. Making individuals wait until a certain age to be able to purchase drugs would allow them the time to outgrow the urges to do them in the first place. The government could also create drug use centers that can be used to teach the harms associated with using drugs. These centers can serve as new age coffee houses for drug users, forcing users to get off of the streets and out of the communities.
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on legal and ethical issues concerning workplace drug testing while also addressing workplace drug prevention and education programs. Consider these issues: • Types of drug tests, such as urinalysis and sweat tests, and the reliability of those methods • Types of drug testing programs, such as mandatory and voluntary • Appropriateness of certain testing programs for specific environments • Who to test and why Offer critical judgment regarding the ethical and legal implications of drug testing, given the various factors outlined above. Evaluate the ethical and legal considerations of workplace prevention and education programs. Explore the ethical implications of mandatory drug education in the workplace. Use at least three sources other than the text, reflecting current research.
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
Felipe Calderon, the president of Mexico, also emphasizes that the drug violence in the country would not be stopped as long as the U.S. continues to consume drugs (Points of View Reference Center). Reading through this article I was able to pick out certain pieces of information to build off of. I terms of reliability, I would say the article did have some instances where a quick search was done to check the information given, was quickly disproved by an expert in the field of that particular study (drug cartels/gang). Short interviews though were given to broaden the message the writer wanted to portray in the article. Even though this particular source had some problems with its reliability, among the other web sources that popped up this one hold to true to over more than half of its given information.
This has led to tax revenue of over 2 million dollars in the month of January 2014 alone. This also suggests there is a large demand for legal advice in an emerging industry that promises to be generously profitable. The supporters also argued the implications of these rules go far beyond a lawyer freely advising the owner of a marijuana dispensary, to dealing with the bank that gives the owner a loan or even settling a divorce in which one parent requests that another refrain from smoking marijuana before picking up the kids. They said pot-related legal issues had come up with homeowners’ associations and criminal matters — all without the lawyers ever knowing what was safe ground. “It’s not just marijuana entrepreneurs,” was said.
Sixteen years later the state has had time to evaluate how successful the medical marijuana program has been and how it has helped the state and its patients. The state currently has well over 200,000 medical marijuana users who lawfully use and cultivate marijuana. Sixteen years ago these 200,000 patients purchased marijuana illegally on the black market. Often drug deals would go bad, ending in patients either being killed or robbed or arrested by the police. Proposition 215 has provided a safe and efficient way for patients to obtain and use Marijuana legally without fear of incarceration.
Drug Testing for Public Assistance is for the Better Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and food stamp programs are common place in all fifty states. What was not common until recent years was drug testing being required for recipients to collect their relief. While federal law does not require testing it does permit it. Many states have proposed to do it and many will soon follow suit if the trend continues. In 2011, thirty six states proposed that welfare recipients be screened for drugs before getting their benefits.
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.
Harrison Kaskel Drug Testing on Welfare September 27, 2011 There’s a heated debate going on in the United States right now. This debate is about whether we should drug test people on welfare or not. In my own opinion there’s really no debate. There are plenty of economical and moral points on why we need to start drug testing in all states. Even though over 90% of people are using that money for the right thing there are others that are not.