- The surgeon operating on you, or other family/friends you know?
- The bus or train driver, driving your child to school?
- The truck driver tailgating you on the highway?
- The airline pilot in control of your flight?
- The person building your house?
- The midwife delivering your baby?
- Workplace hierarchies and bullying -- which drug testing could exacerbate
- Insufficient support in managing work related stress
- Long shifts, particularly whose requiring disruption to normal sleep cycles
Basically, drug testing will always still be used, and there will still be a huge debate over it. Some agree, some don't it's based on your beliefs.
How do you feel about Drug Testing? Do you agree with the pros or cons? I feel as if we should really look into drug testing a lot more and not waste as much money as we do, because out of all the drug test given out it's a little number of people whom are on drugs, according to Drug Testing "The ACLU, it reports that in 1990the federal government spent $11.8 million to test 29,000 employees, only 153 whom tested positive - amounting to a cost of 77,000 to detect each positive drug user!"
Seriously, we really need to re-think about all this money we're spending and how all of that money could of been spent.
I just feel like the testing on drugs shouldn't be taken so seriously unless you have s serious job. If you work in a hamburger shop, who cares but if you are a surgeon or pilot than check them, test them. they're the ones who will be putting others in real harm and they're the ones who have huge responsibilities while attending work each day. If you work at a hamburger shop your making simple food from simple instructions, you may be giving it to someone but if your high and making it it's pretty much a given that you'll do it right. But trying to fly a plane while on drugs could be very dangerous cause of hallucinations while on drugs or mood changes, you may not even want to fly the plane, you could all of a sudden decide to let go. That's pretty dangerous, but also a surgeon, not a good idea. A surgeon in charge of the open heart surgery of your loved one, whoa. You could have some troubles right there if they were under the influence while doing surgery.
Just to let you know what my point is, we need to test the important jobbed people to save more money for better use.
nice post, Sabriina! In my opinion, workplace faa drug testing should be definitely allowed. I totally agree with the pros.
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ReplyDeleteNobody wants workers at any level coming to work under the influence of any mood altering substance period. That should be hard and fast rule, addressing that only. With research that develops testing for only current use of substances. Much like a breathalyzer is used for determining sobriety. Canadian employers do not conduct drug testing not even transportation workers. In Canada you need a court order to subject an individual to a drug test. Drug testing is in large part used to target cannabis, the testing indicates past use not if the individual tested is currently under the influence. Currently Colorado and Washington have legalized recreational use of cannabis for good reason it is not the the reefer madness threat that led to the unjust prohibition brought upon the country through the testimony to Congress by Harry Anslinger Jr. an overtly racist person with no scientific or medical training and an associates degree in business and engineering. People who consume cannabis responsibly are not the crazed irresponsible menace to the workplace law enforcement would like us to believe. "The truck driver tailgating you on the highway?" would be a person who is stressed out and impatient, read the book "Rolling Sweatshop" it is the industry that is responsible for fatigued truckers the hours of service are too long and were made longer during the Bush administration at the behest of large trucking companies. After many years in the industry many of these guys would do themselves a favor if they were allowed to decompress with a little cannabis at the end of the day. An employer need only be concerned with a persons qualifications and record. References and a background will give an employer all the information needed. Persons using hard substances are usually easy to pick out and that is where reliable current use testing is a valuable method in removing them from the workplace. Wen I came across this web page I wondered why someone would use green font on a green background or What are They On?
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