Random Drug Testing in High schools Many high schools across the country have brought much attention to the idea of giving random drug tests to students in high school. The newfound interest in student drug testing may be as a result of recent polls, which have shown an increase in drug use among high school students. Many teachers, parents, and members of school comities are for the drug testing, while most students and some parents feel that this would be a violation of students rights as
Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Despite still being relatively new, the phenomenon of drug and alcohol testing is one of the most controversial topics in the realm of human resources. The controversy that surrounds this practice emanates from the fact that it evokes ranging from key business subjects such as social responsibility and the personal issues of privacy (Pidd & Roche, 2014). Some businesses perceive that they have the right of testing their employees. However, others
concerned about the prevalence of drug abuse and thus the employers too. They realized that the prevalence of drug abuse among workers has a significant dangerous and bad impact on bossiness and those workers who use these drugs will hurt their businesses by doing the repeatable accidents and absenteeism, or through more serious effects of decreased efficiency of productivity. Without a doubt, the issue of drug abuse reflects America's first problem many people misuse the drugs and alcohol, they hurt themselves
Drug testing is essential to the public to prevent substance abuse. Since drug users tend to abuse drugs in any way they can get out of. The benefits of drug testing help society to be safe. Also drug testing can change the community to become more successful. Safety of workplaces often gives drug testing due to preventing violence and safety at workplaces for employees. Drug testing can be a hardship for drug users due to they sometimes need it for medicine, but some other people take advantage
Drug testing is a very controversial issue in today society. It causes uproar from the students and the workers across America because they feel that it is an infringement of their rights. I believe that it is an infringement of a person’s right to be tested of drugs just out of the blue and without just cause. I also believe that a person should be tested if they injure themselves or cause an injury to someone else on the job because then the employer is not held accountable or responsible for the
Drug Testing in the Workplace Drug abuse in the workplace is a very serious challenge faced by employers. The reason that drug abuse within the workplace is so serious is because it can negatively affect the company itself, the employee that is abusing the drugs, and fellow co-workers within that area. Even though we have not found the answer to completely eliminate drug abuse and bringing drugs into the workplace, drug testing is one of the most effective methods for employers to eliminate the
sensitivity testing is important clinically because the proper selection of an antimicrobial drug in the treatment of a bacterial infection is ideally based on the knowledge of the sensitivities of the infecting organism. In this laboratory exercise you will be working within a group performing a commonly used test that is designed to determine whether or not an isolated organism is able to be treated using a specific antimicrobial drug. The procedure is called sensitivity testing. This testing method
Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) certainly has. Each year the athletes come up with new ways to enhance their performance, and make it harder for the Olympic drug testers to detect banned substances. With performance enhancing drugs becoming harder to police, the burden of trying to keep the Olympics as clean as possible falls on the I.O.C.'s shoulders. Drug use in the Olympics is not a new idea. Dating back to the runners and javelin throwers of ancient Greece and Rome, athletes have been looking for
created the Drug-Free Workplace Program. It allowed drug testing to be done anywhere and anytime by employers. Some companies have mandated drug testing, but not as many as there should be. According to the Department of Labor (DOL), employers drug test employees at many different times such as: pre-employment, post-accident, random, periodic, return-to-duty, or just because they are suspicious of misusing drugs. Employers have the right to drug test employees at any time, because of the Drug-Free Workplace
what addiction to drugs can do to a young person’s life. Addiction can take away everything that once made that young person happy. The only thing that matters anymore is the drug, getting high, and getting higher. It is a horrible and tragic thing that destroys so many young lives. Some people think that in order to prevent these situations, the best solution is random drug testing. But this is not a reasonable solution whatsoever. Many more students are using and selling drugs as they roam around
training hour after hour, each day. Others try to do it by illegally taking performance enhancing drugs. This is why we need to test for drugs at the Olympics. Drug Testing in the Olympics began only recently in the 1968 Games held in Mexico1. Drugs are banned for two very good reasons: the use of drugs produces an unfair advantage, and it is hazardous to the athlete to take them. While drug testing is now commonplace, the procedures are still fairly primitive and arouse much controversy2. We all
appropriate for employers to test staff for drugs or alcohol? How reliable are these results? Why should some one invade your privacy? Do drug testing determine your skills level for a job? What do drug testing in the work force prove? The arguments against drug testing are it is excessively invasive, may damage relations between employers and employees, and could hamper the recruitment and retention of good staff. In 1986 the Regan administration recommended a drug-testing program for employers. In 1991 The
an editorial published by the Washington Post titled “School Drug Tests: Costly, Ineffective, and More Common than You Think,” Christopher Ingraham states that drug testing students in middle or high school is costly and ineffective. Drug tests do not work and do not influence the students to stop using drugs. Leading them to become a waste of money. Schools waste $20,000 worth of taxpayers’ money just for it to go to hundreds of drug tests and only 6 of them to show positive. The money could go
and what shouldn’t. Drug testing is one that is placed high up on those topics. Should employers be allowed to drug test employees in the workplace? In all situations the answer should be yes. If employees don’t have anything to hide, then why not take the test and pass. For people who disagree, they believe that it goes against one’s liberties and private rights, drug testing is unreliable, and it cost more to issue these test then not to. However, in today’s society drug testing has been increasing
astound individuals that rely on drugs for everyday use. According to the Food and Drug Administration, “every year about fifteen -hundred” drugs are created, but “twelve-hundred” are deemed unusable for people. Regardless of such a high number or drug rejections, about “one-million Americans are hospitalized from flaws in drugs” (“Animal Experimentation,” 2009). Most of these drugs were tested on animals before being approved for human use, which proves that animal testing is not a successful method of
The ethics of drug testing has become an increased concern for many companies in the recent years. More companies are beginning to use it and more people are starting more to have problems with it. The tests are now more than ever seen as a way to stop the problems of drug abuse in the workplace. This brings up a very large question. Is drug testing an ethical way to decide employee drug use? It is also very hard to decide if the test is an invasion of employee privacy. “The ethical status of workplace
Drug test have been done in many sectors nowadays worldwide. It is being popular in the business sector where the employers do drug testing of the employees. Drug testing in the workplace is done to assist safety mainly. Some companies do drug testing in order to gain public trust. In many of the organization there is an policy, where a person have to take an pre-employment testing for the job. It helps to prevent hiring of individuals who uses illegal drugs. It also ensures, and informs both parties
In today's world, the rate of adolescents using drugs are increasing, which lead to high schools and even middle schools are trying to drop the number down to teens using drugs. Some of the United states high schools and middle schools have adopted some sort of drug testing policy. A school in Pottawatomie City adopted a Student Drug Testing Policy, which required all middle school and high school students to submit to a drug test in order to participate in extracurricular activities. This policy
The use of drug testing in high schools is a form of ideology, that will combat drug use in teenagers, that is being spread across the American nation. It is also not uncommon to see the supporters of the plan, as it is to see the ones who oppose the testing. Both of the clashing clans can make their case of whether the drug testing is needed or if it is something that needs to dissipate with the morning breeze, but when all has been said and done, the use of teenage drug testing plays an important
FDA to approve a drug it has to go through phases. The supporter has to test the new drug on animals. Various species are used to get information on the safety of the drug being researched. Next the sponsor of the drug, submits an application to the FDA based on the result of the initial testing, which includes the drug’s structure and manufacturing, and creates a plan to test the drug on humans. Phase one is all about the safety of the drug, the side effects, as well as how the drug is digested and