... its testing procedures . Unfortunately, an employer just can't make someone take a drug test. There are drug testing laws that determine what an employer is limited to do. According to Indiana University [1] drug testing related lawsuits filed against employers include invasion of privacy, wrongful discharge, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, employer negligence, assault and battery, false and imprisonment, and ... be stated in the policy. Even though drug testing is routinely done there are some individuals whose viewpoint on drug testing is that it is a violation...

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... Latinos do not reflect a higher abuse rate in these communities but rather a law enforcement emphasis on inner city areas where drug use and sales Once released from prison, felony disenfranchisement laws often perpetuate the disparate effects impacting citizens of color. 1.4 million African American men have permanently lost their right to vote because of a felony conviction even though their sentences have ... pregnant women without their consent and prosecuting the mothers for "distributing an illegal substance" to an unborn child through the umbilical cord was challenged under the F...

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... reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement, decrease crime rates and it will increase our country's revenue. We simply just spent too much money each year implementing drug laws. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - in 1996, the latest year for available information, the government spent over $100 billion dollars on a drug war that has ... likely afraid of attracting legal ramifications (Benham, "Legalization of drugs" 2). The war on drugs often subjects law-abiding citizens to arrest, search, and seizure for what they do in the privac...

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