Drug Testing in the Workplace

You see it happening in the parking lot; cars that are filled with smoke. Your co-worker sitting next to you, their eyes are red, their clothes reeking of that nauseous aroma. They seem disoriented and fumbling to do their job. The stench coming from them is making you sick, so you approach the manager in hopes of finding a solution only to be laughed at and told "We can't drug test everyone, which costs money."

The high co-worker is still barely doing his job and doesn't get approached, highly upset and irritated, you move your work space to another area just so you can carry out your work day without getting sick.

Does this situation sound familiar? It is the exact situation that I have been in too. There are many companies out there that fork out the money to drug test their applicants before hiring them. This process is a safe and easy way to know that you have an employee that spends their time doing other types of recreation and not the lethal kind.

Yeah, I understand that some people out there like to have a joint once and a while, but that once and a while should be on their own time not on company time and or not when they are dedicated to working for an employer that day or the next. Personally, I am not a fan of the stuff, or any other drug. But if that is your thing, there is a time and a place for it.

Your employer is trusting in you to serve their company well and do your work to the best of your ability without your abilities being hindered. And you have to remember that you got that job for one of two reasons, either you like the line of work, and or you need money. So why mess it up with drug use?

The federal requirements for drug testing checks for five categories; cannainoids which includes marijuana and hash, Cocaine which includes crack and benzoylecognine, amphetamines which include methamphetamines and speed, as well as checking for opiates that include heroin, opium, codeine, and morphine, and also PCP. There are also five types of drug tests that can be done; urine, saliva, hair, blood, and sweat.