Drug Testing In The Workplace Essay
Drug Testing and Workplace Accidents
Paul Rountree, M.D.
Over the past twenty years the use of workplace drug tests have become commonplace. Both
Hanson1 and Zwerling2 have presented excellent overviews of the history of drug and alcohol testing for industry in this country. At present approximately 35 million drug tests are performed each year at a direct cost exceeding one billion dollars. 3 This money is distributed among numerous parties within an enormous drug testing industry, and recipients include laboratories, third party administrators, medical review officers (MROs), substance abuse professionals (SAPs), specimen collectors, and others. Indirect costs of this effort are rarely contemplated and involve decreased productivity as a …show more content…
24 Feinauer DM, Havlovic SJ. Drug testing as a strategy to reduce occupational accidents: A longitudinal analysis. J Safety Research 24:1-7 (1993).
25 Swena DD, Gaines Jr, W. Effect of random drug screening on fatal commercial truck accident rates. Internat J Drug Testing 2:1-13 (1999).
26 Gerber JK, Yacoubian Jr. GS. An assessment of drug testing within the construction industry. J
Drug Education 32(1): 53-68 (2002).
27 Stallones L, Kraus JF. The occurrence and epidemiologic features of alcohol-related occupational injuries. Addiction 88:945 (1993).
28 Dawson DA. Heavy drinking and the risk of occupational injury. Acid Anal Prev 26(5):655-65
(1994).
29 Veazie MA, Smith GS. Heavy drinking, alcohol dependence, and injuries among young workers in the United States labor force. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 24(12):1811-19 (2000).
30 Howland J, Mangione TW, Lee M, Bell N, Levine S. Employee attitudes toward work-site alcohol testing. J Occup Environ Med 38(10):1041 (1996).
31 Anonymous. Drug testing: a bad investment – executive summary. http://www.aclu.org/DrugPolicy/DrugPolicy.cfm?ID=9218&c=79 (Sep 30, 1999).
32 Meisler A. Drug testing’s negative results. Workforce Management:
Paul Rountree, M.D.
Over the past twenty years the use of workplace drug tests have become commonplace. Both
Hanson1 and Zwerling2 have presented excellent overviews of the history of drug and alcohol testing for industry in this country. At present approximately 35 million drug tests are performed each year at a direct cost exceeding one billion dollars. 3 This money is distributed among numerous parties within an enormous drug testing industry, and recipients include laboratories, third party administrators, medical review officers (MROs), substance abuse professionals (SAPs), specimen collectors, and others. Indirect costs of this effort are rarely contemplated and involve decreased productivity as a …show more content…
24 Feinauer DM, Havlovic SJ. Drug testing as a strategy to reduce occupational accidents: A longitudinal analysis. J Safety Research 24:1-7 (1993).
25 Swena DD, Gaines Jr, W. Effect of random drug screening on fatal commercial truck accident rates. Internat J Drug Testing 2:1-13 (1999).
26 Gerber JK, Yacoubian Jr. GS. An assessment of drug testing within the construction industry. J
Drug Education 32(1): 53-68 (2002).
27 Stallones L, Kraus JF. The occurrence and epidemiologic features of alcohol-related occupational injuries. Addiction 88:945 (1993).
28 Dawson DA. Heavy drinking and the risk of occupational injury. Acid Anal Prev 26(5):655-65
(1994).
29 Veazie MA, Smith GS. Heavy drinking, alcohol dependence, and injuries among young workers in the United States labor force. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 24(12):1811-19 (2000).
30 Howland J, Mangione TW, Lee M, Bell N, Levine S. Employee attitudes toward work-site alcohol testing. J Occup Environ Med 38(10):1041 (1996).
31 Anonymous. Drug testing: a bad investment – executive summary. http://www.aclu.org/DrugPolicy/DrugPolicy.cfm?ID=9218&c=79 (Sep 30, 1999).
32 Meisler A. Drug testing’s negative results. Workforce Management: