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Let me preface this thread by stating that I do not and will never work in an industry that requires drug testing, so this issue does not necessarily effect me personally...
I pose this question because it has been recently brought to my attention that many important and high-profile occupations (Medical, financial, and law enforcement) do not initially drug test workers, nor must employees ever submit to random drug tests (at least in the state of California).
A proposition just failed to pass in California that would have, amongst other things, make hospitals randomly test their physicians for substance abuse... The reason why this specific proposition failed though was because of the monetary limit on malpractice lawsuits being raised, which was argued would raise health care costs and lower accessibility with the possibility of many health care services being wiped away.
The main gripe I have with not making drug testing mandatory for doctors, lawyers, financial workers, DA's, and other occupations, while drug testing people who work at somewhere as simple as best buy or whole foods, is that these people do not have literally have people's lives in their hands...
It's a scary thought that a doctor in surgery could be gone off a couple Norco's while performing an appendectomy... essentially using the same drugs we're scared kids grooming my husky at Petco using.
I'd like to know your thoughts on drug test policies for employees in the United States and should initial and random drug testing be mandatory for ALL employees, regardless of their income and status.
I pose this question because it has been recently brought to my attention that many important and high-profile occupations (Medical, financial, and law enforcement) do not initially drug test workers, nor must employees ever submit to random drug tests (at least in the state of California).
A proposition just failed to pass in California that would have, amongst other things, make hospitals randomly test their physicians for substance abuse... The reason why this specific proposition failed though was because of the monetary limit on malpractice lawsuits being raised, which was argued would raise health care costs and lower accessibility with the possibility of many health care services being wiped away.
The main gripe I have with not making drug testing mandatory for doctors, lawyers, financial workers, DA's, and other occupations, while drug testing people who work at somewhere as simple as best buy or whole foods, is that these people do not have literally have people's lives in their hands...
It's a scary thought that a doctor in surgery could be gone off a couple Norco's while performing an appendectomy... essentially using the same drugs we're scared kids grooming my husky at Petco using.
I'd like to know your thoughts on drug test policies for employees in the United States and should initial and random drug testing be mandatory for ALL employees, regardless of their income and status.
