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Workplace Vigilance - More Employers Turn To Drug Testing To Improve Safety, Productivity

The number of companies and industries requiring drug screening for employees is on the rise these days despite some con- cerns about those tests being an invasion of privacy. "It's a lot more common than it used to be," said William Webb, director of Oasis Behavioral Health Services LLC in Barboursville. "... Primarily, it's about safety and productivity. When people are identified early enough, they can be rehabilitated and saved." The discussion about workplace drug testing has intensified re- cently as boards of education, including some in West Virginia, consider adopting or expanding the practice. An estimated 14.8 million Americans are drug users, according to statistics from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA also estimates that 77 percent of those users are employed, meaning about 9.4 million U.S. workers are using illegal drugs.

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