Forced Drug Testing CJA/373 Forced Drug Testing Drug testing is being given to many people for different reasons such as obtaining employment. One may ask should drug testing be forced upon those entering the prison system. Is it fair for those obtaining employment be given a drug test but not to those that are criminals. Criminals are given drug tests to ensure bail is set at a level that can be obtained and so that the courts can recommend that, they receive help for their addictions. Looking at individuals having to do drug testing to obtain employment I do not see why a defendant should not have to do the same.
Drug abuse creates social problems in the workplace because it can cause a lot of harm not only to the workplace but to everyone around. Drug abusers are often involved in more accidents than those who test negative they are sometimes the ambiguous employees. Being drug tested may be an invasion of privacy but it is best to know if the employees are under the influence. An administration's drug control reporter, Author Delanley said "The consequences of illicit drug use in America’s workforce include job-related accidents and injuries, absenteeism, health care costs, and lost productivity.” He also said “Workplace programs that provide clear policies regarding drug use; offer prevention and education opportunities for employers and supervisors; conduct drug testing to detect and deter use; and support referral and treatment for those who have substance use disorders can play a large role in reducing the demand for drugs throughout our Nation and in helping drug users get into treatment.” Drug abuse does not only harm workplaces socially but economically also. If an employee takes a drug test in the workplace and fails it then the employer will have to take disciplinary action against them which is to fire them.
Drug-Free Workplace Evaluation PSY/425 CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY IN THE WORKPLACE July 3, 2013 Drug-Free Workplace Evaluation Drugs within the work place have been an ongoing issue before the South Pacific Rail Road and continue to be today. These issues have many different costly affects for employers, employees, and individuals alike. Therefore, discussing the affects of drug abuse, the prevalence of illicit drug and prescription users as well as the key characteristics and benefits of a drug free work place is crucial to the understanding the effects drugs has within the work force and environment. Additionally, giving some statistics on the back ground of drug abuse and users’ ages will reinforce the costly affects on a national level. Affects of Drug Abuse According to Berger (2008), drug abuse is the ingestion of a drug to the extent that it impairs the user’s biological or psychological well-being.
Drug testing in the Welfare system has been a big issue in the news lately. There are mixed reviews on both sides that think it is a good idea, but there are those that say it is unconstitutional and against people’s rights. If you need to be drug tested for employment, then why can’t you be drug tested to get on Welfare? Drug testing will reveal recipients who are wasting taxpayers' money on drugs. Connie from http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2011/11/20/drug-test-welfare-recipients-really-hmm/ personally feels that if she has to get drug tested to get a job, that will provide others with welfare benefits, then you should have to be tested to receive them.
However, drug abuse in professional sports can be anything. Things such as marijuana, alcohol, Human growth hormones, amphetamines, prescription drugs and other performance enhancers are just some of the drugs that are found in a drug test. "Performance enhancers, like steroids and other forms of doping, have a negative effect on long-term health. For then users of these enhancers are hurting themselves in the long run without on the average improving their short-term rewards from athletic competition, as long as competitors also use harmful enhancers. This is the main rationale for trying to ban steroids and other forms of doping from athletic competitions."
Steroids can be available to the players illegally in a number of ways. The most common way is the smuggling of them into the United States from countries such as Mexico and many European countries where no prescription is required. When a baseball player is famous enough, a doctor in the United States may participate in the illegal prescription to the player. When taken illegally, steroids can increase muscle size, strength, endurance, reduce body fat, and aggressiveness. Steroids are also believed to reduce recovery time in between workouts, allowing a player to train harder more often.
------------------------------------------------- drug testing employees and applicants Legal or not? Introduction As the job market becomes tighter and employers increase screening measures to ensure that they are hiring the right candidates, drug testing in the workplace has become common place. Although many employers argue that drug testing is merely an employer right to screen out potentially harmful and costly employers, other argue that it is an invasion of privacy and a violation of personal rights. In this paper, I will examine the strength of the cases for employer drug testing as well for employee privacy based on prior court decisions regarding the subject matter. Employer Right to Know Many employers argue that in order to fill positions with employees or promote and maintain employees, that drug testing is necessary in order to protect the employer from liabilities such as negligent hiring and costly accidents and health expenses incurred by intoxicated or under the influence employees.
Marijuana; Not Just a Counter Culture For many people the choice to use drugs is an easy one; no, but for other people when it is a life or death situation, or their depression is great enough, they will do and try anything to help gain relief from pain. With the legalization of Marijuana, medical patients would have the ability to seek other ways of treatment via medicine. Also with the legalization of Marijuana the gateway theory would be proven false. Along with these two solid reasons why Marijuana should be legalized, the federal government would also reap astonishing amounts of revenue that could be used to pay off debts and pay into social security. Marijuana has been used for thousands of years, not always for the “high effect,” but
Some people have been looking for a job for a long time, and the illegal immigrants are taking them. Also some of these illegal immigrants are receiving health care in the US and they shouldn’t be getting that at all. They are leeches to our crumbling economy. Another problem that is caused by illegal immigration is drug trafficking. These drugs that are being
Why are prisons bursting at the seams? According to Joe Romaine of the International Business Times, it is because of America’s “insane drug laws,” which are doing more harm than good (Romaine). Many people may argue that drug offenders are getting what’s coming to them— they broke the law, and therefore it is part of their consequence to suffer through the overcrowded “cruel and unusual” incarceration. Individuals who argue this point are mistaken because although criminals should indeed receive punishment for their actions, there comes a time when a line of propriety is crossed. The ‘war on drugs’ has become a harsh and unnecessary measure that frankly costs American taxpayers far too much money.