The 1994 American Management Association Workplace Drug Testing Survey stated there is no doubt that drug testing is an effective method of identifying drug users and deterring drug use in the workplace. Health care costs have risen dramatically in the last decade. The escalating epidemic of drug use has contributed to these costs. Drug-free workplace programs reduce health care costs. Drug testing is essential to the success of workplace programs and is a useful tool in drug treatment.
Drug testing helps break denial and disrupts addiction.
Workers support drug-free workplace programs which include drug testing and provide firm and compassionate education and rehabilitation. Drug testing is effective in deterring drug use, and it has been overwhelmingly supported by the courts. Studies indicate broad public support for workplace drug testing. Voluntary drug testing in schools has proven to be effective as part of comprehensive drug prevention programs, which include education, intervention and counseling. Drug testing aids law enforcement by adding new levels of flexibility and accuracy to the detection and monitoring of drug-using offenders.