NEGATIVE — EMPLOYMENT — WORKPLACE DRUG TESTING 309

JUSTIFIED BECAUSE IT HELPS DRUG ADDICTS RECEIVE REHABILITATION

DRUG TESTING HELPS REHABILITATE DRUG ADDICTS

Calvina L. Fay, executive director, Drug Free America Foundation Inc., February 13, 2000, Sunday, St. Petersburg Times, " TITLE: Workplace drug testing is beneficial"//lxnx-Sj

During that time I also conducted surveys with employees who were subjected to drug testing in their workplaces and learned that most employees supported employers' rights to conduct testing in the workplace and considered a drug-free workplace as one of the best benefits provided by their employer. Further, my surveys with employees revealed that many casual drug users had ceased to use drugs for fear of being caught on a drug test. By ceasing to use, these employees will never become addicted!

One other benefit of drug testing in the workplace is that many employees have been intervened upon through a positive test and pushed into drug treatment. As a result, they are now drug-free, productive employees and family members.

DRUG TESTING HELPS REHABILITATE DRUG ADDICTS

Calvina L. Fay, executive director, Drug Free America Foundation Inc., February 13, 2000, Sunday, St. Petersburg Times, " TITLE: Workplace drug testing is beneficial"//lxnx-Sj

It is also important to remember that drug-free workplace programs offer drug treatment and counseling not only to the employee but the employees' families. Before such programs were implemented, the average parent had no idea where to turn for help when he thought he had a child using drugs. Today employees can utilize their employee assistance program, which is a part of their drug-free workplace program, to find answers to dealing with their child's drug or alcohol problem.