Proposition of Value: Mandatory Drug Testing Issue: Whether or not mandatory drug testing results in positive gains or negative losses for the United States in terms of economy and society. Thesis: The enforcement of mandatory drug testing for employees and welfare recipients results in a more positive and productive society‚ as well as a developing economy. The legal roots of mandatory drug testing are found in the common law doctrine of "employment at will." That doctrine states that
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Pros and Cons of Drug Testing Welfare Recipients The argument of whether those who wish to receive or are receiving welfare‚ unemployment benefits or food stamps should be drug tested. There is a popular theory believing that having recipients tested will save taxpayers money. Researching this subject revealed surprising facts and insight of both accounts. Value of Facts The main question needing asked if the drug testing costs outweigh the possible welfare program savings. My research findings
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Should welfare recipients be drug tested? Welfare is supposed to meet the basic needs and drugs are far from the basic human needs. If drug using recipients get all the benefits they are more likely to take their check and spend it on their next fix‚ rather than buy groceries. Drug testing welfare recipients would decrease the amount of people abusing the system‚ it would require recipients to stay free of using drugs‚ and would reveal recipients who are wasting the tax payers money. It is clear
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Mikayla White Mr. Nask Freshman English II 17‚ Feb. 2015 Should welfare recipients be drug tested in order to receive assistance? No‚ I do not think that welfare recipients should have to be drug tested in order to receive assistance. People that are for drug testing welfare recipients feel like it is not fair that they have to be drug tested in order to maintain a job but people receiving “free money” don’t have to be tested. I feel like they need to think beyond the fairness and think about more
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Drug Test All Welfare Recipients A Woman working at a convenience store in the US had a man walk in with an EBT card (Food Stamp Credit Card or something similar) and he wanted to buy cigarettes. The woman refused and the man left. The next day the man came in again with a member of his family and raised a commotion about it. The owner came in‚ sold the man cigarettes and fired the woman. Some people might say that it is unconstitutional to demand a mandatory drug test in order to receive welfare
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workplace drug testing goes about as an obstacle to individuals who may some way or another try different things with‚ or consistently utilize liquor or drugs. Workplace drug testing can possibly enormously improve wellbeing and security in the workplace‚ by disheartening individuals from manhandling substances and in this way enduring any evil wellbeing impacts‚ and diminishing the probability of mishaps and wounds identified with working. Evaluation There is no denying that workplace drug testing
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different things that can be said about the subject of drug testing welfare recipients. It can be said that it is unfair‚ and that may be true. It can also be said that it is justifiable‚ and this may also be true. In this paper I plan to prove that drug testing welfare recipients is unconstitutional‚ as well as costly to the state administering such test. Testing the recipients can be considered stereotypical and very demeaning. While making sure welfare funds are used properly‚ it is too costly and does
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Larry Tipton Ms. K Amaya English IV 20 April 2014 Child Labor should be outlawed Child Labor is continued because there’s a lack of education and poverty affects the lives of many people and because of that children have to help out with providing with their families. Children are being forced to work and they are not able to get an education throughout the process‚ children have no reason to work long hours for work but not for school. According to Merriam Webster poverty means “the state
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English 1301 Analysis of ’No drug test‚ no welfare’ Whether or not a drug test is required by recipients of welfare has been questioned time and time again by many states. In the article "No drug test‚ no welfare"‚ Kimberly Yee expands upon on this question by explaining what her stand point is on the many advantages of drug testing for welfare. In this particular article‚ Ms. Yee does not sufficiently argue her position on the subject of welfare recipients taking drug test to receive benefits.
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Drug Use in Our Welfare System A common problem in today’s welfare system is the use of drugs. Substance abuse and addiction often interfere with a parent’s ability to get and keep jobs as well as contributes to child abuse and neglect. Addicted mothers show several deficits in their parenting behaviors. They are usually unengaged‚ uncommunicative with their infants‚ often use threatening and authoritarian disciplinary approaches. They also have a higher incidence of child abuse and neglect
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