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Employees/Pre-Employment
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1. Candidates that are drug-free have a lower
turnover, reducing hiring and training costs.
2. A well-publicized pre-employment drug testing program will
"pre-screen" unwanted job candidates.
3. Drug-free employees have fewer health problems, creating
lower health costs.
4. Drug abusers create worker's compensation claims at more than
twice the level of non-abusers.
5. Drug abusers are four times more likely to injure a fellow
employee.
6. Employee theft is a significantly greater problem with drug
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Students
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1. The risk of injury is not isolated only to
athletics. A school is responsible for the health and safety of
its students during all extracurricular activities, including
traveling to and from such activities.
2. With athletes there is a risk of physical harm to the user
and other players. Athletes must be healthy to withstand the
rigors of sports. Since drug use impairs health and reaction
time, it is beneficial to drug test student athletes to reduce
the risk of physical harm to the tested student and other
athletes.
3. Random drug testing is not currently mandatory for all
students in public schools, but a program can be administered to
students who have voluntarily chosen to participate in
extracurricular activities. Students are free to not participate
and thus avoid a drug test.
4. Student athletes and students in extracurricular activities
take leadership roles in the school community. They set an
example for other students, many of who are vulnerable to
illicit drug use. Deterring drug use by athletes and students in
extracurricular activities has a beneficial effect on all
students.
5. Students are children under the temporary custody of the
school and the schools takes on the role of surrogate parent.
6. Public school children have less expectation of privacy than
the general population because they have to submit to physical
examinations, including urine tests, and be vaccinated.
7. School athletes have even less of a expectation of privacy
because communal undressing is inherent in athletics.
Additionally, they are subject to more stringent and frequent
medical examinations. |
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