Why Workplaces Require Drug Screening?

Amidst the height of arguments about the legality of drug screening requirement for companies, many businesses have already started imposing this policy in their respective workplaces. The imposition of drug screening has been widely used

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"Only 85 of the estimated 1,200 laboratories in the United States currently testing urine for drugs meet federal standards for accuracy, qualified lab personnel, and proper documentation and record-keeping procedures.”

“A USA TODAY report indicated that 15 percent of all urine drug tests yield a false positive due to cross-reacting substances.”

“Of the approximately 55 million drug tests performed in the United States each year, 90 percent are urine tests.”