In 1986, the Reagan Administration began recommending a drug testing program for employers as part of the War on Drugs program. The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 required drug and alcohol testing of safety sensitive employees in aviation, trucking, railroads, mass transit, and pipelines. Private employers also saw the value of drug testing and instituted Drug-Free Workplace programs. Today, approximately 90% of Fortune 1000 companies and 62% of all employers in the United States have mandatory drug-testing programs. The public attention about drug testing because for help the community, to maintain productivity, to protect employees and customers, to contain health care costs, to deter drug use, and to rehabilitate employees.
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Drug testing is good for employees for health and safety reason, to increase productivity in the workplace, or to prevent illegal activities in the workplace that derive from drug-related activity. Additionally, by addressing the drug abuse problem effectively, employers “do their part” in addressing the needs of the community. All segments of society must fight the war on drugs. a drug-testing system is in place generally helps employees be more productive because they do not have to fear a drug- or alcohol-related incident jeopardizing their welfare in any way. Also, if workplace drug testing leads an employee to seek treatment, so much the better. Some employers may opt to refer anyone testing positive to a drug treatment program so that employee has a chance to become productive again. In the article “Drug Testing: Balancing Privacy and Public Safety”, the author described that all workplaces and schools should require drug testing for stay. Additionally, it can allow employers to confront workers about their drug habits and encourage them to seek help, proponents suggest. The authors’ purpose is to help people and to protected people. Furthermore, the author discusses “threat to Public Safety, test accuracy concerns, constitutional guidelines and the courts, and ethical justification”. However, the authors’ main point is too save and protect people from …show more content…
The authors mention that employees are feel free to use on their own time. Additionally, the author’s main point is drug testing is an enterprise. Employers are allowed to fire you for things done outside of work that have no influence on work. Some people though that employers may have value judgments about use of alcohol and drugs, as long as they are not being consumed on the premises, employees are not coming to work under the influence, or alcohol or drug use is interfering with the completion of work, alcohol and drug use is part of the employee's private life. In the article "Wanted: Drug-Free Workers.", the author described that “faced an unexpected drug test and failed in the applications. The business could not be expanded due to not being able to find “clean” workers for the jobs”. This scenario presents the pressure to fund drug-free workers; at some point it’s impossible to be drug-free. In certain occupation, people are required to be drug-free to be admitted to the site. However, in this manufacturing industries it’s likely that a vast majority of workers-blue collars- had to rely on pain killers’ drug to relieve the pain from such a hard work. And taking it this way, then it is not fair to not have the job that you have all the skills
Drug testing is good for employees for health and safety reason, to increase productivity in the workplace, or to prevent illegal activities in the workplace that derive from drug-related activity. Additionally, by addressing the drug abuse problem effectively, employers “do their part” in addressing the needs of the community. All segments of society must fight the war on drugs. a drug-testing system is in place generally helps employees be more productive because they do not have to fear a drug- or alcohol-related incident jeopardizing their welfare in any way. Also, if workplace drug testing leads an employee to seek treatment, so much the better. Some employers may opt to refer anyone testing positive to a drug treatment program so that employee has a chance to become productive again. In the article “Drug Testing: Balancing Privacy and Public Safety”, the author described that all workplaces and schools should require drug testing for stay. Additionally, it can allow employers to confront workers about their drug habits and encourage them to seek help, proponents suggest. The authors’ purpose is to help people and to protected people. Furthermore, the author discusses “threat to Public Safety, test accuracy concerns, constitutional guidelines and the courts, and ethical justification”. However, the authors’ main point is too save and protect people from …show more content…
The authors mention that employees are feel free to use on their own time. Additionally, the author’s main point is drug testing is an enterprise. Employers are allowed to fire you for things done outside of work that have no influence on work. Some people though that employers may have value judgments about use of alcohol and drugs, as long as they are not being consumed on the premises, employees are not coming to work under the influence, or alcohol or drug use is interfering with the completion of work, alcohol and drug use is part of the employee's private life. In the article "Wanted: Drug-Free Workers.", the author described that “faced an unexpected drug test and failed in the applications. The business could not be expanded due to not being able to find “clean” workers for the jobs”. This scenario presents the pressure to fund drug-free workers; at some point it’s impossible to be drug-free. In certain occupation, people are required to be drug-free to be admitted to the site. However, in this manufacturing industries it’s likely that a vast majority of workers-blue collars- had to rely on pain killers’ drug to relieve the pain from such a hard work. And taking it this way, then it is not fair to not have the job that you have all the skills