Informative Essay: Facts On The War On Drugs

Facts On The War On Drugs Imagine you are sitting at home or your workplace with one thought coursing through your mind, that you're being accused of doing drugs and have to take a test what are you going to do? Well here’s what you can do, the fourth amendment talks about us and our right to freedom from unwarranted searches. With many drug tests could also turn up a false positive. And in most cases you can turn down a search warrant but it’s not always a good idea. Some say that drug testing is a violation to our right of privacy. And it is illegal for police to search your homes without a good reason, so why should it be acceptable to search your blood or urine without reason. Drug testing can also reveal other facts the someone might …show more content…
In fact, the average workplace drug testing is up to 277% from 1987 and an in accurate and unproven ways to stop the use of drugs. And claims of billions of dollars is lost because failed drug testing due to guess work and not real evidence. Drug testing is not work related because they do not measure whether the job is impaired or not. A drug test only states that a substance was used not stating whether it is a frequent use or not. And sometimes drug tests fail to determine whether the drug taken is legal or illegal only states that it was used.over the counter drugs like ibuprofen has shown up on a marijuana test, even poppy seeds used in baked goods can produce a positive reading of a test for heroin. Deprohil, a prescription drug used for testing parkinson disease has shown up as amphetamine. As of mid 1947, only a handful of states decided to ban the use of drug testing that is not based on individual suspension. And is said that “ the prisons are intended for the high threat level of crimes and the lower threat level crimes shouldn't need jail time”. And most surveys shows the prisons are not known to serve any useful