Detroit automakers won't disclose how many applicants are rejected for drug use, but experts estimate as many as one in five job seekers test positive for using illegal substances. In some rare cases, following industrial accidents and when an employee returns from an extended absence, plant officials may ask workers to voluntarily undergo a drug test. The National Association of Manufacturers estimates that drug and alcohol use doubles workplace accidents, absenteeism and health care costs. If you're selling drugs, you do it in high-traffic areas such as auto factories. Lingering problem Macomb County prosecutor Carl Marlinga says the arrests at auto plants reflect that drugs are a lingering problem that won't go away.
Some experts see it as the dark side of the auto industry's current prosperity.
Overtime and record profit-sharing checks are fattening pockets, allowing some workers to embrace more expensive drugs. Acting on tips from workers, automakers have launched investigations in recent years to quell drug trafficking in plants. Now I am mental and physically dis-able. When at Fleetwood, Detroit party with many G.M.mangerment,also saw some rapes of houry personnal. The cover up is just getting heating up.