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Over the last 14 years “employee drug testing” has become common business practice in the American workplace. A recent survey conducted by the American Management Association (1) [the 7th annual survey on “Workplace Drug Testing and Drug Abuse Policies” (Jan. 1993)] indicates nearly 85% of surveyed firms test employees for drugs. Since 1987, the date of the AMA’s initial survey, company drug testing in the United States has increased by 300%. It is estimated that more than 25 million American workers will be tested for illicit drugs this year.
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Walsh, J.M. (1995). The Science and Politics of Drug Testing in the USA. In: Mangin, P., Ludes, B. (eds) Acta Medicinæ Legalis Vol. XLIV 1994. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79523-7_160
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