| Drug testing is becoming important in the | | | | Post-accident drug testing reveals whether an |
| organizations, as more than fifty percent of the | | | | employee is under the influence of drugs or not |
| world’s illicit drugs are consumed in United | | | | while the accident took place. |
| States. Random corporate drug testing is | | | | Random corporate drug testing |
| becoming a regular activity unlike earlier, when | | | | Random drug testing is the most effective |
| questions were raised about the employee | | | | format of drug testing that avoids the suspect to |
| privacy. Corporate drug testing is mainly done at | | | | adopt any foul techniques to bypass the drug |
| two situations- Pre-employment drug testing and | | | | test. The objective of a random drug test is |
| Post-accident drug testing. | | | | deterrence to drug abuse. The threat of resulting |
| • Pre-employment drug testing | | | | positive to drug abuse at work could lead to the |
| Pre-employment drug testing is used to test the | | | | termination of the job will prompt the employees |
| drug abuse of the job aspirants before they join | | | | to stop abusing drugs. |
| the organization. This is vital because, by | | | | Random drug tests will discourage the employees |
| conducting pre-employment drug testing, the | | | | to abuse drugs at least while they are at the |
| organization can filter out all the job aspirants who | | | | work place. This will help in avoiding major |
| tested positive for a drug test. This could help the | | | | accidents, improving productivity, and maintaining |
| organization to create a drug free work | | | | healthier work environment. |
| environment that will result in enhancing | | | | Every year, the costs to U.S. employers spend |
| productivity of the employees and the | | | | more than $140 billion on drug abuse at work |
| organization as a whole. | | | | place related issues, as 77% of all drug abusers |
| • Post-accident drug testing | | | | are employed, and eight to ten percent of |
| Being under the influence of drugs at work place | | | | workers in any company abuse drugs, according |
| is one of the major reasons for the work place | | | | to DEA. These statistics sense the urgency of |
| accidents. Post-accident drug testing is required | | | | efficient organizational drug testing that could be |
| when an employee is involved in an accident and | | | | possible by random drug testing. |
| his/her ability to avoid that is questioned. | | | | |