common for addicts to get high at work. Stoned workers are inefficient and are costing companies millions in accidents and lost productivity. Searches to catch users have raised questions of the right to privacy. The problem has become so big that companies have banded together to form rehabilitation programs to help the affected workers. Drug use affects employees for one re ason or another in every position of a company, and this greatly reduces the efficiency of those employees, and this has prompted companies to initiate illegal searches, which question the rights of employees, and rehabilitation programs. Drug abuse causes many serious problems that could have been avoided if the user wasn't on drugs. The problem of drug abuse has its worse effects when the persons using drugs are responsible for millions of dollars in equipment, money, or lives. The armed forces w hich are responsible forthe defense of the nation and its interests should be ready at all times. But due to drug abuse the performance of military personal can be seriously

reduced. An air crash in 1985 on the aircraft carrier Nimitz killed 14 crewme

needle extracting blood. Because of the problems of conventional testing for controlled substances in the body's chemical tract, medical professionals have been coming up with new methods for testing the body tosee if it has used drugs. One of the most feasible new types of test is the testing of hair. Hair keeps a permanent record of the body's chemicals including the drugs it has used. The best side of testing hair is that it requires less cooperation from the person being tested so it can be done without a lot of complaints. Employers are just beginning to start wide scale testing. It is becoming more common for job applicants to take drug tests. Volunteer testing for dru gs is just starting up. Mandatory testing of all employees does have a few hurdles to get over. Managers and executives wield so much power in a company that it is hard to get them to do something that they don't want to do. This has led to the rumor t hat "heroin use among establishment types is the most underreported social phenomenon in America today." Even with all of the testing procedures available they all have one common drawback, they are not 100% accurate. Drug testing has outraged emp loyees' rights groups and has triggered even more counter arguments from the employers.

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