Study Finds Workplace Drug Testing May Help Reduce Employee Drug Use
University of California, Irvine (UC-Irvine) researchers, who examined alternative explanations to test the link between drug testing and lower rates of employee substance abuse, found that their results don't definitively prove that drug testing directly reduces drug use, but they are the strongest evidence to date. In a separate study, as part of Recovery Month (September), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released its National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Employers screen their workers and job applicants with the expectation that testing will deter worker drug use. It's a cause-and-effect relationship that many worksites rely on, and a belief that fuels a multibillion-dollar drug-testing industry.
