Almost all forms of employee testing raise issues of potential violations of an employee's privacy rights. ... There are drug testing laws that determine what an employer is limited to do. ... There are drug testing laws that determine what an employer is limited to do. ... Such testing can be an unwarranted invasion of an individual's privacy. ... Some employers have previously used polygraph testing, but for most employers the use of polygraph testing is now against the law. ...

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They claim that drug testing is an unnecessary invasion of privacy. ... It is unfair to force workers who are not even suspected of using drugs, and whose job performance is satisfactory, to "prove" their innocence through a degrading and uncertain procedure that violates personal privacy. ... They constitute direct co-operation in evil, since they encourage people to practices gravely contrary to the moral law." ... They support the political enviorment of a catholic by supporting laws that help to prevent the use of drugs except for use in medical care and health benefits. ... What everyon...

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Marijuana is a rather harmless drug compared to the legal drugs that aren't controlled by the law. ... President Ronald Reagan signed several different anti drug laws during his presidency. ... So why not if you"re in the privacy of your own home cant you smoke marijuana. ... Many people would think that everyone that smokes marijuana is a health risk to for society but the person is only indulging a self pleasure in the privacy of his or her own house. ... This change in the law would greatly improve the quality of life for many people. ...

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Tough laws and stiff penalties is just a fact of life in getting this point across to the citizens of America who might use and distribute illegal drugs such as marijuana. People seem to respect the law better when the consequence and repercussions are made known to them. ... Meyers, a drug addiction physician at Kaiser Permanente in Carson, California, stated in an argument that this medical agenda of the proponents of marijuana would result in public confusion and in poorly written laws such as California's Proposition 215 initiative, which made it legal for some medical marij...

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Opponents believe that deterrence will do the trick, but drug use continues to increase even though tougher laws have been passed. ... In return, the government can regulate the market by licensing, enacting laws on sales to minors, and monitor the quality of the product. ... In Holland, where drugs laws are more flexible, drug usage has not gone up. The current drug laws makes criminals out of millions of otherwise law-abiding people who choose to use drugs in the privacy of their homes. ... The argument that drug users are criminals does not hold up since these law-abiding citizens don'...

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The United States has taken steps to stop the use of drugs by making them illegal and enforcing this law greatly, but perhaps it is time for a new system. ... The United Sates continues to preach freedom in other parts of the world, but it fails to respect the privacy of its own citizens (Marshall 80). ... Second, there would be a reduction spent on law enforcement efforts to prosecute users and sellers of marijuana and other drugs (Marshall 92). ... Another argument is that only through law enforcement and criminal justice pressure do addicts receive treatment (Bender 78). ...

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These drugs are tightly controlled by federal and states laws, because of their high abuse potential. Despite the effort of law-enforcement, the demand for illegal drugs remains very high. ... Nonetheless, in the face of mounting public concern, in 1986, Congress passed strong new drug laws and enforcement measures along with treatment and education programs (Arterburn, p.93). ... If one wants to use drugs that may harm him, let him do it, but once he steps outside of his privacy of his own, then he is reliable for his behavior and should be arrested or punished. ... Through the proper edu...

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We simply just spent too much money each year implementing drug laws. ... The war on drugs often subjects law-abiding citizens to arrest, search, and seizure for what they do in the privacy of their own homes. ...

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Marijuana laws went into effect. ... Bush had ideas to become tougher with drug laws such as the death penalty and using the armed forces. ... As drug use continues and more problems arise, the drug policy will change and have more laws added. ... A small percentage of all drug crimes do get caught, so fear of the law is small. ... Regardless, law enforcement tactics are concentrated in the poor minority neighborhoods. 2. ...

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Since that time, the government has implemented the much more successful policy of focusing law enforcement efforts on irresponsible alcohol users who endanger the rights of others. ... The law regards all users as abusers, and the result has been the creation of an unnecessary class of lawbreakers. ... Calculations based on recent BJS reports suggest that, at any one time, 59,300 prisoners charged with or convicted of violating marijuana laws (3.3% of the total incarcerated population) are behind bars, at a total cost to taxpayers of some $1.2 billion per year. ... Despite the fact that drug...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of M...

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In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of M...

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