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This 3 page paper argues that drug testing those arrested for federal crimes prior to the time they have bee convicted of those crimes is a violation of our right to privacy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Pre-trial drug testing applies to those accused of federal crimes. The theory behind the testing is that individuals that are using drugs
are a greater threat to society than those that are not. If these individuals are indeed involved in a life of crime then releasing them back on the street
prior to their being trialed and convicted of the particular crime with which they are charged would likely result in them committing more crimes while awaiting trial. Drug addiction
is a known correlate with criminal behavior. Crime is one of the ways that addicts commonly support their habit. This paper will argue, however, that all of these
are faulty assumptions and forcing defendants to take pretrial drug tests is not only an invasion of privacy, it provides no benefit in terms of reducing failure-to-appear-rates. Furthermore, whether
or not pre-trial drug testing has any relation with pre-trial crime has not been definitively demonstrated. Obviously the intent of pre-trial drug
testing is to protect the interests of the majority, in other words the obvious intent would be to protect the "greater good". This intent would go along with the
ethical guidelines of such philosophers as Immanuel Kant and John Stewart Mill. Although seemingly contradictory, both Kants famous categorical imperative of reason and Mills concept of utilitarianism provide many
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