1. WORKPLACE DRUG TESTING
AND THE LAW
By: Cori Muller

2. Drug testing in the workplace is a widely implemented
drug prevention strategy
Prior to 1980 drug testing was limited mainly to
individuals in the military
Executive Order 12564
It’s a million dollar industry
It’s intended to deter people from drug use

3. Productivity loss
Based on claims
Substances most likely and least likely to be detected
through drug testing

4. Drug testing is an intrusive process
Imagine this one woman’s story of humiliation,
degradation and mortification

5. The lab procedure
What it reveals besides drug use
The 1988 case

6. Drug testing implies a lack of trust
Could lead to a less productive and negative work
environment

7. High inaccuracy rate
Fails to distinguish between legal and illegal
substances
Other substances can yield a false positive
Employers are prohibited to ask employees about their
prescription drug use

8. Several products are made to beat drug tests
Alternatives to urine testing and the problems with
them

9. AFGE LOCAL 1533 v. CHENEY (1991)
SKINNER v. RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES’
ASSCOIATION (1989)
WILCHER v. CITY OF WILMINGTON

10. Drug Free Families Act
Doesn’t guarantee safety

11. Little evidence to suggest that drug-testing policies
are effective in reducing drug use
It’s a profitable industry
Drug testing in the workplace…
Few laws protecting privacy
Millions tested with no suspicion of drug use
May result in more harm then good
“Drug Testing is a Bad Investment”

12.  "AFGE LOCAL 1533 v. CHENEY | Leagle.com." Web.
 Mosher, Clayton James., and Scott Akins. Drugs and Drug
Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alteration. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage, 2007. 291-97. Print.
 "PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DRUG TESTING: A LEGAL GUIDE."
Workrights RSS. Web.
 "Skinner v. Railway Lab. Execs. Ass'n 489 U.S. 602 (1989)."
Justia Law. Web.
 "WILCHER v. CITY OF WILMINGTON | Leagle.com." Web.
 "Workplace Drug Testing." American Civil Liberties Union.
Web.