Should hospitals test pregnant women for drug use without their consent? Hospitals‚ during their normal course of treatment should test pregnant women for drugs of any type‚ whether legal or not. Of course‚ the patient should be informed of such testing‚ but consent should not be required. Findings of illegal drugs should be used to educate and treat the mother for an addiction rather than informing law enforcement of such an activity. Hospitals are in the business of treating people’s ailments
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argue a position on drug testing for welfare. Research was conducted by reading and reviewing online references on the topic of drug testing when applying for welfare. The findings were that certain states in the United States are resorting to drug screening for welfare applications. This has caused complaints of the government being irrational and unconstitutional. In Conclusion it was found that drug testing for welfare would have a positive effect despite the high cost of drug screening welfare
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Test Critique General Information Theodore Million‚ Carrie Million‚ Roger Davis‚ and Seth Grossman wrote Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) and Pearson published it in 1993. The second edition has been available since 2006. Starting kit is $125‚ includes MACI manual and answer sheets: all materials necessary to conduct 3 assignments and receive interpretive reports using the mail-in scoring services. The manual alone is $45.50 (Pearson‚ 2015). The Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI)
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Random Drug Testing: Waste of Time Her grades fell. She was always tired. She never seemed to be able to focus at school. Classes she used to be interested in became utterly mundane. Friends she used to care about became replaceable. She stopped spending time with her family. She sat on the bench at every soccer game instead of becoming the star player her coaches thought she could. This is what addiction to drugs can do to a young person ’s life. Addiction can take away everything that
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Drug Testing in the Workplace: A Costly Mistake Abstract The issue of drug testing in the workplace has sparked an ongoing debate among management. There are many who feel that it is essential to prevent risks to the greater public caused by substance abuse while on the job. However‚ others believe that the costs far outweigh the benefits and that it is an invasion of privacy. Putting all ethical issues aside‚ evidence presented in this paper supports the latter. The costs of drug testing are
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Sources www.huffingtonpost.com/news/welfare-drug-testing www.usnews.com/debate.../should-welfare-recipients-be-tested-for-drugs www.ncsl.org http://www.urban.org/publications/309065.html Rita Cook Mrs. Burke Academic English 4 15th May 2013 Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients The need for welfare among society today has become increasingly large. Although the need for welfare is rapidly increasing‚ so is the use of drugs. This is posing as a major problem for the welfare programs
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welfare recipients use illegal drugs. What the results of this study translate to is simple‚ that almost 300 billion dollars is fueling the drug habits of those who selfishly turn down assistance. In order to fully understand the nature of welfare programs it is important know the history behind them and the steps that can be taken by the average citizen to increase the effectiveness of said programs. Drug testing welfare candidates will save capital‚ discourage drug use in children‚ and stimulate
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The Usefulness of Standardized Tests When one is employed at a school‚ and starts noticing loads of confidential boxes being delivered‚ “Smarties” candies and “Smart Pencils” being distributed to students‚ and last but not least; witnessing that the stress of the school is rising…You know it’s testing time. This all happens at the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of the school year. Many tests take 1 to 2 days when others‚ have a duration of 2-3 weeks. As an employee of an elementary school‚
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changing society it is important that we understand the growing issue of illicit drug use in the workplace. 70% of the estimated 14.8 million Americans who use illegal drugs are employed. Marijuana is the most commonly used and abused illegal drug by employees‚ followed by cocaine‚ with prescription drug use steadily increasing (“Drugs” 1). The federal government does not require most private companies or individuals to have a drug-free workplace policy exceptions include federal contractors and grantees
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The illegal drug The legalization of drugs is a common topic in America today. Many believe that drug use should be legalized‚ but I completely disagree. Drugs are frequently used today and they are illegal‚ the consequences that would grow if they were made legal would be more than this country can take on. In my opinion‚ three main factors contribute to my opinion opposing legalizing drugs: health issues‚ the effects it would have on the criminal justice system‚ and the increase
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