In a case that the ACLU is currently working on, the state of Michigan has required welfare recipients to submit to drug tests. In another case, a local government is trying to require school children to take drug tests. These are examples of unnecessary searches under the Fourth Amendment, Boyd contends. Waldorf, of Eye Dynamics, said his company doesn't contract with the government, but it hopes to win contracts in government-regulated industries, such as interstate truck driving. Eye Dynamics hasn't set a price for the device itself yet, because at this point they're letting companies use them for free, just to get the word out.
Companies pay only for the tests.
One such company, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, temp agency called Labor Station, has used the device for about three years, and is happy with it. They may be working several stories above the ground. When asked whether workers object to the test, Ed said the company has never had any problems. But some privacy watchers do not go along with such tests so easily. That's when we're not really counting on people to act as responsible human beings.