LogFAQs > #941701737

- They do a terrible job of screening out anything that isn't marijuana, which, of all the potential drugs that can be tested for, is the least likely to affect workplace performance long-term. Everything else only stays in your system for 3 days tops, meaning you can snort a whole line of cocaine on Saturday, and piss clean by the following Tuesday, if not Monday.

- Drug screens ONLY test for the presence of illegal drugs in the system and not for the actual effects. Things like impaired/altered senses, forgetfulness, and difficulty with problem-solving don't just exist with drug usage. They can also occur with prescription drugs, hangovers and plain sleep deprivation. You wouldn't want your truck driver to drive stoned, but you also wouldn't want him to drive running off of only 2 hours of sleep either.

- Drug screens provide absolutely no context on usage habits. Everybody consumes differently. Once a week, every night after work, before, during and after work, only on special occasions. The net cast by drug screenings is so massive that a lot of inaccurate conclusions can be (and often are) drawn about a particular candidate's hirability.

- Drug screenings discriminate against poor/middle-class drug users. While obviously anybody can consume any drug, cocaine is the drug of preference among the rich, while marijuana, the most common, easily accessible, easiest to produce and cheapest illegal drug tends to be the drug of choice among everyone else. Marijuana is up to 10 times more likely to cause a positive test result than cocaine is.


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