Pubdate: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 Source: Herald Democrat (Sherman,TX) Copyright: 2014 Jodie Harrison Contact: http://www.herald-democrat.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2710 Author: Jodie Harrison DRUG TESTING ABOUT THE PROFITS Last week I was thrilled to be offered a position with a local company and was instructed to complete a drug screening. I filled up with water so that I would be able to produce a sample only to find that it would be "about an hour" even though there were only 5 or so folks in the tiny waiting room. I was told that I could not leave the building nor use the restroom during this time. I lasted about 15 minutes and begged the attendant to let me use the restroom so that I could start drinking water and be ready in 45 minutes. She repeated her original instructions and I was forced to demand my driver's license back and quickly find the nearest public restroom. As expected, the company informed me that this was cause for immediate termination. Just a few decades ago drug testing entered our workplace under the guise of keeping it safe and most accepted that in positions where operating heavy machinery, etc. it was a good idea. The folks that really thought it was a good idea were those who started making dollars on the testing that literally took pennies to execute. Those who did their research knew that drug testing had no correlation with workplace safety and more appropriate methods relied on actual performance. Jodie Harrison Pottsboro - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D