Drugs change behavior and limit the ability to accurately complete tasks. There is also evidence that drug dependant employees use more sick leave and medical benefits than other employees. This is a cost to the employer in many different aspects. They have to pay out for medical expenses of the employee and sick absences can mean less or inadequate production for that day. No matter what the job calls for, whether it's flipping burgers or working in a factory, missing people cause the company to work harder to make up for the addict wh

Addiction is a disability and not one that calls for reasonable accommodations. It is a disability that calls for action on the part of the employer. If a company is truly concerned about their production and success, random drug testing is essential to the process. People who use drugs belong in a padded room while they detox and rehabilitate. Then at that time they can train to re-enter a drug free work place.

Poor judgment and impaired motor functions mean an accident-prone employee. Operating a complex piece of machinery while impaired by drugs poses serious risks to others. Would anyone want to get into a plane if they knew that their pilot had just done a hit of Acid? Acid is a hallucinogen and no one would want to fly in a plane if the pilot was seeing mountains that moved in front of the plane wherever it went . . . but really weren't there. That would be a scary ride! Airline pilots, air traffic controllers, train operators, taxi drivers and bus drivers

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