Drug Testin in the Workplace

dual testing is a
             violation of privacy rights. The argument is that the employees are being deprived of their
             Fourth Amendment protection. Many believe that government testing programs should be
             unconstitutional unless the authorities have either reasonable suspicion or probable cause
             that the individuals being tested are on drugs.
             To justify the use of private employer testing, President Bush said in 1989 that
             "Drug abuse among American workers costs businesses anywhere from $60 billion to
             $100 billion dollars a year in lost productivity, absenteeism, drug-related accidents,
             medical claims, and theft" (Horgan, 19). This claim was derived from a source that
             interviewed families that were 28% lower in overall income than the average household.
             This was used in an effort to promote Bush's "war on drugs" forum into the private sector
             (Horgan, 21). Many behavior's of lower income people often differ statistically from
             upper-income people, therefore the statement of Bush never establishes a clear or accurate
             "In 1989 President George Bush unveiled his National Drug Control Strategy,
             encouraging comprehensive drug-free workplace policies in the private sector and in state
             and local government" (Stencel, 201). This created many controversies within the
             American workplace and in National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab decision,
             the Supreme Court upheld that drug testing was legal as long as it outweighs privacy
             rights (James). Then, in 1991 Congress passed the Omnibus Transportation and
             Employment Testing Act, which would extend drug testing in the United States.
             Throughout the rest of the 90's drug tests were extended to the outermost sectors of
             society causing drugs to become a significant issue during election times, although
             politicians are never tested themselves.
             The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution was created because of th...

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