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? I don’t believe that this law should in any way be unjust or unethical. If anyone should think that this law would unethical, unfair or immoral, I ask them then how ethical, fair and moral is it for tax payers hard earned dollars be paying for someone else’s next
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.
Dan Freda June 4, 2012 Drug Trials-The Constant Gardener In Ms. Shah’s essay she details the experimental drug testing practices of the pharmaceutical industry in developing nations, as well as the inherent consequences and questionable ethical tactics of such practices. She reveals that recently the pharmaceutical industry has been outsourcing an increasing percentage of drug trials outside of the United States and Europe and into developing nations of Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Due to environmental and industrial conditions, the sick are in greater numbers and are more willing to participate in drug trials. This is due to the lack of alternative means of acquiring drugs or proper medical treatment. It is evident in Shah’s essay that those participating in the these trials generally receive no medical benefit from the research conducted, and in many cases are being given drugs that do not have a strong correlation to the medical needs of the populations in which they live.
Drug Testing for Welfare Currently, our nation provides assistance to low income families. The current debate amongst states across the country is should drug testing be required for those needy families who require assistance, or is that going against our constitutional rights and making and extra hassle for those already stressful families?There are plenty of moral as well as economical points to be considered on why we need to start drug testing for welfare in every state. Though most people may use this system for the greater good, there are a vast majority of people who do not. Families who require state assistance have to go through the hassling wait periods that can be expanded throughout months. Due to a high volume of calls being
Ethical Dilemma The major ethical dilemma for the drug Zmapp is that the World Health Organization is debating on whether to let some participants be placed in a control group that receives only standard symptomatic treatment, despite a mortality rate of around 70%. The other participants would be getting the new drug and possible getting better. This is a major ethical dilemma, whether to let a lot of people die because you did not give them the drug, or give everyone the drug and hope that it cures them and not kill them because of side effects. (Hayden 2014) “These trials will be conducted in a context of fear, distrust, a lack of effective care options, the admission of multiple family members to the same center, and sometimes violence against health-care workers,” says Peter Horby, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, UK. “Scientific arguments cannot tell us what will work in these conditions.” It is a hard decision to make and the United States thinks that every patient should receive the experimental treatment no matter if it’s not any better than standardized treatment.
Should the U.S. tighten the gun legislations? A Criminal Justice article states “In October 2013, Gallup found that 49 percent of Americans thought gun laws should be more strict, 37 percent thought they were fine as is, and 13 percent thought they were too strict. By comparison, in September 1990, a whopping 78 percent thought they should be more strict, and only 17 percent thought they were good enough; 2 percent thought they were too strict.” (Zarracina.) Although not every citizen may own a firearm or have strong opinion on this matter, this issue affects everyone in the U.S. America was founded on the belief that we have a constitutional right to bear arms. From 1776 to present day, U.S. citizens are permitted to own personal firearms.
Why the Federal Government Should Legalize Marijuana Emily Ross COM/215 11-10-2014 Does anyone know the precise reason why the U.S. Government will not legalize the use of marijuana? Do you know of any reasons the American government should legalize marijuana? Although the legalization of marijuana is an extremely controversial subject for most it is a topic that will be debated for years. The debt the government consumes trying to keep marijuana illegal is outrageous. In 2009 an estimated 858,408 individuals were arrested for marijuana violation.
When the White House had an open forum to answer questions asked by society, 92,000 people asked questions. Majority of these questions revolved around weed and its legalization. These questions ranged from medical and recreation, but Barack Obama answered them all with a unanimous “no.” Obama is not usually short in describing his reasoning, but this instance is different. He took the easy route and avoided the media from assuming he was always stoned. This is what any politician would do to prevent his reputation from dwindling to nothing (Klein 1-3).
After looking into all the issues of legalizing marijuana and looking at the pros and cons, the only conclusion we should come to is to legalize it. Aside from our feelings against it, it makes no sense not to legalize it. To make it legal, and stop all the hardcore drug enforcement would save the U.S at least a couple billion dollars. Legalizing it would also bring revenue of up to $6.2 billion annually by taxing the sales of it. Plain and simple, we need to legalize marijuana.
Marijuana, a drug that has been studied for many decades, provides for a very heated argument. No longer is it seen solely as a hallucinogen, but some claim that it is miracle drug for chemotherapy and glaucoma patients. However, no legitimate medical organizations see marijuana as a safe and effective medicine. Society is also aware of the harmful and long-term effects of the drug, and therefore are strongly opposed to it s legalization. It also has many diverse therapeutic benefits that have been proven to treat certain illnesses worldwide.