Drug Testing In The Work Place

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There was a time in the United States when your business was also
your boss's business. At the turn of the century, company snooping
was pervasive and privacy almost nonexistent. Your boss had the right
to know who you lived with, what you drank, whether you went to
church, or to what political groups you belonged.

With the growth of the trade union movement and heightened awareness
of the importance of individual rights, American workers came to
insist that life off the job was their private affair not to be
scrutinized by employers. But major chinks have begun to appear in
the wall that has separated life on and off the job, largely due to
the advent of new technologies that make it possible for employers to
monitor their employees' off-duty activities. Today, millions of
American workers every year, in both the public and private sectors
are subjected to urinalysis drug tests as a condition of getting or
keeping a job.

The American Civil Liberties Union opposes indiscriminate urine
testing because the process is both unfair and unnecessary. It is
unfair to force workers who are not even suspected of using drugs,
and whose job performance is satisfactory, to "prove" their innocence
through a degrading and uncertain procedure that violates personal
privacy. Such tests are unnecessary because they cannot detect
impairment and, thus, in no way enhance an employer's ability to
evaluate or predict job performance. Here are the ACLU's answers to
some questions frequently asked by the public about drug testing in
the workplace.