Yet workplace testing is still controversial in the minds of employers and employees alike. The bottom line is that testing employees for substance abuse provides a safety net and some assurance that the people who ultimately end up on the payroll are clean and free from the effects of drugs.
Employers read newspapers, they watch the news on TV and they keep their eyes and ears open.
They know and are usually not surprised to hear that a large percentage of adults and young adults are using drugs on the job and on their own time. As the 90s came to a close the numbers reached epidemic proportions. The Institute for a Drug-Free America released a study in 1999 and found that the 1993 numbers had doubled. And that s adult usage. Sadly, the numbers are not declining.