... a safe working environment. Employee drug testing laws were created because of claims that drug and alcohol abuse costs American employers billions of dollars in decreased productivity, increased liability insurance and higher workers" compensation insurance premiums. The drug testing procedures themselves also cost employers billions of dollars. Drug-testing advocates claim that drug and alcohol abuse is responsible for high employee absentee rates ... 's reputation is on the line. Workplace drug testing in America is being forced on employers for economic and safety reasons. Drug compa...

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... Shenk expresses his feelings on illicit and licit drug use and abuse. He states that his "lifelong struggle with mental disease has consistently brought him back to write about drug policy, pharmacology, and mental illness" (266). He suggests, "longing for relief is a central experience of humanity" (266). "It is all right to alter your mind and body as long as you ... " (267). If you think some of the legal and illegal drugs have the same effects. Therefore for those people who do not have the money for the pharmacy or health insurance can get the same results from illegal drugs, and we...

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