HUSR 242
Mr. Tapia
11/14/13
Critical Thought Paper #8
The advantages of effective drug testing at work are:
it increases productivity
it decreases accidents
decreased turnover
it decreases absenteeism The disadvantages of effective drug testing at work are:
invalid or false result
invasion of privacy
humiliating Notice that I have written effective drug testing in the above statements. Many drug
tests are not done properly and can be false positive- meaning- “False Positive” because
it quickly describes the outcome that the initial “positive” finding was wrong (or at least
does not agree with the first result), normally another test is taken. There are also “False
Negatives”. False Negative drug test results can occur when drugs are masked or
adulterated.
There are many ways of taking drug tests, for example, urine, hair, blood, breath air,
sweat and oral fluid/saliva. Each of these have their own pros and cons along with their
own properties on which drugs they will be most sensitive on marking.
The advantages to effective drug testing in schools are:
Identification of the commonly abused drugs
Discovery of offenders as well as lead to drug smugglers
Pursuance of reach out activities and programs to victims of drug abuse
Further protection and safeguard at school
Eliminate influence and peer pressure to use drugs
Provides manpower to implement a