On Oct 4, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Drug testing can identify a
> potential problem with people that work with heavy equipment or drive
> commercial trucks or fly airplanes. Home Depot and Walmart drug test
> because employees are doing heavy lifting or driving a fork lift, etc.
Of course, not getting enough sleep the night before can have a
much, much more pronounced effect than having smoked a joint a month
ago. Same thing goes for a person dealing with a shaky marriage, or a
sick child, etc. Depression is much more commonplace and can likewise
impact performance, but that doesn't show up in a drug test, either.
The problem with these tests is that they appear to give you useful
information, but really don't give you what you are looking for. You
might catch one out of a hundred potential safety situations, and in
the process lose several valuable workers. You also get a false sense
of safety, because you're missing all of the other potential problems
that can affect performance.
-- Ed Leafe
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