ell as being more likely to negatively affect productivity, morale, and the company's bottom line. More and more employers are turning to drug testing as a means of creating a safer workplace.
             Possible drawbacks of random drug screening are varied and the damage to an employee with a positive result from a mandatory drug test can cause life long damage. Though it may be a greater problem for the employer, if more accurate tests would prevent a false positive result, then they should bare the cost of that test. Before results are made known, an employee should have the right to discuss drug use with his personal physician and with his employer so that no injustice is done.
             The most important issue comes to happen when mandatory drug tests are imposed. Are the rights of the individual removed by the need for a drug-free workplace?
             Other considerations involve the infringement on individual's rights to privacy. There is no mention in the Bill of Rights to the right of privacy but it is implied by the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. But "the issue no longer appears to be whether it is reasonable and appropriate for employers to implement such programs. Rather, the question is how these programs can be conducted fairly and effectively" (Walsh, 1991, p. 168).
             The courts have decided that the greater need for safety in certain industries and in certain positions "alone led to a diminished expectation of privacy" (Ibid.).
             There is no doubt that drug testing is a necessary requirement to make sure that employees in sensitive and public positions are free from
             drugs, but to also insure the safety of the general public when coming in contact with these individuals. The balance necessary to insure that individual rights are not violated, creates a responsibility on employers and laboratories to insure that the testing procedures are accurate and un-contaminated. Employers have ...