Drug Testing

How many different types of drug testing are there? Quite a few, some not being as accurate as other drug testing methods.

If you plan to use alcohol and drug testing as a part of a workplace substance abuse policy, there are many legal issues that must first be addressed. Arbitrary drug testing is not permitted by law.

Drug Testing - Can employers legally invade your workplace privacy? Includes an answer to that question and more, such as what happens if you fail and myths about passing.

A large study (76,000 students across the United States) found no difference in drug use rates between students of schools that have drug testing programs and those that do not.

Early attempts to prevent steroid abuse concentrated on drug testing and on educating students about the drugs' adverse effects.

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of drug testing in public schools, will students come clean? Kids at schools in Indiana, where drug tests rule, say no way.

On June 26, 1995, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Vernonia Sch. Dist. 47J v. Acton that middle-school and high-school athletes can be required to submit to suspicionless drug testing as a condition of athletic participation (New York Times 1995). Read about the drug testing teens ruling here.

Let your teens know that you love them too much to let them be involved with drugs, and you will use any tool available to keep them away from drugs, including drug testing in your home.

Drug testing is becoming an increasingly integral part of sports competitions. Learn about how this type of drug testing works here.