“Welcome to our team Mr. Dave Matthews. Here at Vandalay Industries, we take pride in hiring the highest caliber of workers such as yourself, and to ensure the safety of all our employees in the latex factory, we ask that you pee in to this plastic cup.” While this may not be the best way to bring about a company’s drug testing policy to a new hire, the fact remains that in most every position today, if no urine sample is given, it translates into “no job for you!” Drug testing, a once rare and uncommon policy, is now among many employers a requirement for any new or existing job position. Although seen by some as an infringement on one’s constitutionally granted rights, companies who have adopted these policies say that it works to cut down on company revenue losses, reduces job-related injuries, and offers peace of mind for both employees and consumers alike. Nevertheless, those in opposition to drug testing argue that its costs far outweigh its benefits, saying that drug tests are unfair, unnecessary, and lead to a society where “Big Brother is watching over you” (Jussim 2). Regardless of these unfounded accusations by opponents, the fact remains that drug testing is essential to a safe and productive drug-free work environment.
What in the end do we have to fear of drug testing? Well, quite frankly, the drug-free have absolutely nothing to fear aside from temporary embarrassment, while the drug users have absolutely everything to fear, most importantly their job. It is this very idea that brings up one of the first advantages of drug testing, that of saving lives. According to Grimsley, a staff writer from the Washington Post, “The risk of failing a drug test may actually cause some workers to give up illegal drugs entirely, particularly if they have just used them recreationally, and prods others to recognize they have a substance-abuse problem and seek help through company-provided employee assistance programs” (Grimsley 3). Supporting Grimsley’s statement, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration reports that in 1985, 9.7% of Americans used marijuana and 3% used cocaine. Since then, the numbers have dropped dramatically to 4.7% and .8% respectively. Furthermore, during that same period, the percentage of full-time employees testing positive for illicit drugs has fallen from 17.5% to 7.4% (Burn 4).
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The novel, The Great Gatsby, is a tragic story of lost love. Gatsby and Daisy are two different people in two different worlds. In their time apart, Gatsby was seeking for the American dream while Daisy was enjoying her riches with Tom. Gatsby is one of a few men who possess the knowledge of the true meaning of love. Love is so powerful and beautiful that Gatsby would do anything and everything to make Daisy his wife. However, love is also a mysterious thing that can turn anything from an everlasting relationship to murder. It turns out that Gatsby, a man with the possession of true love, is the one that suffers the most. Gatsby and Daisy, both represent love in their own unique way. Love could be beautiful but also cruel as the same time.
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Jay Gatsby started out poor and a self-made man guided by only hope. He believed money could achieve everything, specifically love and happiness. Fitzgerald interpreted how dreams can corrupt and poison the mind, blinding oneself as they became garnished in wealth. As Gatsby continued to rise in fame and power and amassed a mansion that glowed like “the World’s Fair,” he began to meet snobbish, condescending-like people. Gatsby, being raised differently, tried to associate himself like these people. He threw lavish parties for the sake of something greater, that is, for Daisy Buchanan.
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In the story the great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a mysterious character by the name of “Jay Gatsby” throws extravagant, exotic parties in hopes of having his love, Daisy, show up. In the end, Gatsby takes the blame for a horrible murder because of his love for Daisy. As a result, George Wilson kills him because he thought that he was the lover of his wife, and her killer. As the titled, and the most interesting character, Jay Gatsby was most greatly impacted by the events throughout the book because of his tragic love for Daisy and the control this love had over his life. Though every one of his other “dreams” came true, Gatsby could never fully possess Daisy. Also, he learned that a person cannot be someone else just by pretending to do so.
There is great sincerity to Daisy’s indecisiveness that only confuses Gatsby while he still lives in his illusions of recapturing the past. Mrs Buchanan’s love for Gatsby is real and profound, but Daisy struggles to let go of the aristocracy that she has become accustom to while married to Tom. The revelati...
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One of the most common arguments in favor of drug testing in the workplace is to prevent occupational injuries and associated costs. There is also a concern with lost productivity due to impairment caused by illicit drug use while on the job. A study found that “the annual costs of these workplace injuries and illnesses...
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Becoming an ever more present topic of controversy in today’s world is drug testing in selection. With this dispute comes a multitude of ethical dilemmas. Some believe it is an infringement of rights while others believe it is a necessary requirement for workplace safety and organization protection. In the world of business it is important to push the organization for success while maintaining employee/employer safety and consumer satisfaction. One way to accomplish these requirements is to utilize drug testing in the selection process but it is a subject easier said than done.
Nearly everyone searches for love during at least some part of their life, but what happens when that love destroys them? The Great Gatsby is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an author who has had his own complications with love. The Great Gatsby is a novel about a man who is desperately pleading to get the woman of his dreams to notice him; consequently, spending thousands of dollars throwing parties so this girl – who is already married – may wander in and he can win her over. When Nick Carraway comes into his life he starts to show just how obsessed he is with obtaining his idol, Daisy. The man, Jay Gatsby, uses Nick to get to Daisy, but that proves to be a fatal mistake after they run over a woman and the woman’s husband – now infuriated and delusional – shoots Gatsby for vengeance. Destructive love is the driving force that defeats all of these characters in The Great Gatsby.
Mandatory drug tests have proven to help teenagers reduce the use of drugs and alcohol in their daily lives. If young people get used to it when they are young, it’s proven that they would have a difficult time trying to loss their addiction to the substance. Helps the person without any criminal chargers but with all the help needed. They even have different types of drug tests to show the time period of when the person might have taken a drug recently.