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WORKPLACE DRUG TESTING AND THE LAW
By: Cori Muller
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Drug testing in the workplace is a widely implemented drug prevention strategy
Prior to 1980 drug testing was limited mainly to individuals in the military
Executive Order 12564
It’s a million dollar industry
It’s intended to deter people from drug use
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Productivity loss
Based on claims
Substances most likely and least likely to be detected through drug testing
PROBLEMS AND CLAIMS:
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VIOLATION OF PRIVACY: Drug testing is an intrusive process
Imagine this one woman’s story of humiliation, degradation and mortification
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MORE ISSUES OF PRIVACY: The lab procedure
What it reveals besides drug use
The 1988 case
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DECREASES PRODUCTIVITY: Drug testing implies a lack of trust
Could lead to a less productive and negative work environment
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THE INACCURACY ISSUE: High inaccuracy rate Fails to distinguish between legal and illegal
substances Other substances can yield a false positive Employers are prohibited to ask employees
about their prescription drug use
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HOW PEOPLE BEAT DRUG TESTS:
Several products are made to beat drug tests
Alternatives to urine testing and the problems with them
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COURT CASES:
AFGE LOCAL 1533 v. CHENEY (1991)
SKINNER v. RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES’
ASSCOIATION (1989)
WILCHER v. CITY OF WILMINGTON
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A FEW LAST FACTS:
Drug Free Families Act
Doesn’t guarantee safety
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CONCLUSION: Little evidence to suggest that drug-testing
policies are effective in reducing drug use It’s a profitable industry Drug testing in the workplace… Few laws protecting privacy Millions tested with no suspicion of drug use May result in more harm then good “Drug Testing is a Bad Investment”
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SOURCES: "AFGE LOCAL 1533 v. CHENEY | Leagle.com." Web. Mosher, Clayton James., and Scott Akins. Drugs and
Drug Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alteration. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2007. 291-97. Print.
"PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DRUG TESTING: A LEGAL GUIDE." Workrights RSS. Web.
"Skinner v. Railway Lab. Execs. Ass'n 489 U.S. 602 (1989)." Justia Law. Web.
"WILCHER v. CITY OF WILMINGTON | Leagle.com." Web.
"Workplace Drug Testing." American Civil Liberties Union. Web.