Essays Tagged: "drug tests"

Welfare: Past and Present Differences.

ent ways.Some of the issues of the new welfare system include should people on welfare have to take drug tests. This would help people get off drugs and prevent wasting of the welfare money. Another i ... ethods to try and improve on how they are spending their money in welfare. Also people who take the drug tests would be clean and not waste money on drugs. Another success is that the new welfare can ...

(3 pages) 48 0 2.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Just talks about using substances to enhance performance in college athletics

er was on steroids to help him improve his performance while the rest of the runners were clean and drug-free. How is that fair to the rest of the athletes who competed in the race without that extra ... that fair to the rest of the athletes who competed in the race without that extra edge? It is not. Drug testing of athletes would ensure fair competition among all competitors, so certain people do n ...

(6 pages) 42 0 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Drug and Alcohol Testing: Do employers have the right to submit employees to drug and alcohol testing? Do these tests enfringe on the rights of employees?

Employee drug and alcohol abuse costs American employers billions of dollars in decreased productivity, incre ... premiums. Employers may be liable for the negligence of an employee that is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and may be held liable for negligently hiring an employee with a history of abusin ... liable for negligently hiring an employee with a history of abusing drugs or alcohol. Furthermore, drug and alcohol abuse is also blamed for high employee absentee rates. All of these factors give em ...

(5 pages) 489 4 4.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

DRUGTESTS

Why should American workers be compelled to submit to drug tests? Removing a part of an employee's body for testing--even so insignificant a part as hair ... -seems to contradict some of the nation's most revered protections of individual privacy. Moreover, drug tests are often unreliable, are liable to be misused for discriminatory purposes, and could be ... ear in certain instances to override the desire to protect individuals' rights to privacy. As such, drug testing would seem to be justifiable for employees whose work performances potentially affect t ...

(6 pages) 220 1 4.9 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Drug testing in the workplace.

Companies need to have the right to perform drug tests in order to provide for a safe and productive workplace. There are several ways for compa ... es to perform these tests with different levels of acceptance. Companies can perform indiscriminate drug tests that test employees randomly or as a whole. Drug tests may be reserved for those who are ... at test employees randomly or as a whole. Drug tests may be reserved for those who are suspected of drug use based on job performance. Companies may select to test all new hires. A computer test may b ...

(2 pages) 116 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Steroids in Baseball

r second on the all time list to only Hank Aaron. All of the major sports have implemented stricter drug testing programs in hopes of slowing down the use of steroids. However, these drug tests are ou ... y juicing to build more muscle mass or to look better, physically. This reminds us of another LEGAL drug, ciggerettes.Inside their bodies they are actually ruining themselves. Taking steroids is a big ...

(2 pages) 40 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Performance-Enhancing Drugs: The Dark Cloud over Baseball

e "National Pastime." In one of the darkest sports scandals in history, major performance-enhancing drug use has been reported and proven, as time and time again well-known athletes fail drug tests. W ... tuation, it endangers more than just reputation in the future. The effects of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball are the jealousy among players, impact on younger athletes, the tarnishing of hall ...

(4 pages) 87 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Care ethics

he male-bias has dominated gender, which in turn oppresses women. The book has pointed out that all drug tests were performed exclusively on men, and women were relied on those doses for men on the us ... e doses for men on the use of the drugs. Not only those women didn't have a fair chance to test the drugs, but also their ethical views were never being respected or noticed. Lawrence Kohlberg had des ...

(2 pages) 47 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Steroids are a growing problem

ists have been developing stronger performance enhancers that are much harder to detect by standard drug tests. Many teenagers have now started using steroids after seeing their favorite athlete perfo ... the body. They believe this interaction will have a greater effect on muscle growth than using each drug individually. They also think that stacking helps reduce negative side effects.Many schools and ...

(17 pages) 114 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Case Study for Student Analysis

These issues included the training schedules, orientation, manuals, policy booklets, physicals, and drug tests. All these procedures were necessary in coordinating the new hires. Carl noted his superv ... elp make preparations for the training sessions and make reservations for the recruits physical and drug testing, while also providing assistance to the recruiter.It would be in Carl's best interest, ...

(4 pages) 241 0 3.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Boyz From The Bronx

anted a ride. I didn't, but Denzel and Dimitrious wanted to. Terrence and Rick were getting high on drugs, of course, and that's probably why my buddies wanted to go. They asked if we wanted a hit.I d ... d over by the cops. They smelled the Marijuana so they took us to the police department and gave us drug tests. I passed, of course, but my friends didn't. They have to do community service for the ne ...

(6 pages) 1456 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Should Creatine Be Allowed In College Athletics?

s a compound that is stored in the muscles that help provide energy during brief, intense exertion (drugs and herbs). It is created in the liver, kidneys and pancreas, also created naturally by eating ... (creatine supplements). Sometimes the use of creatine has caused college students-athletes to fail drug tests. This supplement has the ability to do major damages to structures within the body both v ...

(5 pages) 6 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Forced Drug Testing

in time a large number of lives could have been saved if the court would have enforced a mandatory drug screening prior to release of a suspect then Congress might seem some rationale in implementing ... ntil the effects of the policy can be proven to the American people how forcing a suspect to pass a drug screening prior to posting bail will increase the chances of justice being served, I believe th ...

(2 pages) 47 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Workplace Drug Screening Option Paper

"The prominence of drug testing in the workplace is expanding throughout the country as more and more companies employ ... he safety and sanctity of the workplace" (Butler, 2005-2008). The practice of administering various drug or alcohol tests continues to serve as a beneficial way for companies to: identify the employee ... and security rather than the well-being and individual rights of the employees.The array of diverse drug tests available offers employers multiple options to assess the stability of an employee. The m ...

(7 pages) 69 2 4.2 Oct/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Forced Drug Testing

Should defendants be forced to take a drug test? Are pretrial programs effective in reducing failure to appear rates and pretrial crime? A ... re pretrial programs effective in reducing failure to appear rates and pretrial crime? Are pretrial drug-testing programs ineffective because they are based on faulty assumptions? These three question ... faulty assumptions? These three questions need to be answered for one to fully understand pretrial drug testing programs, and whether defendants should be forced to take a drug test or not. This pape ...

(5 pages) 19 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays