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Current topic: Random Drug Testing Statistics Prove That Background Screening Must Get Tougher June 2007 This week in Broomfield Colorado, an unnamed City and County employee resigned after admitting to having cocaine in the workplace. And as more and more employees are publicly caught using drugs on the job, it's becoming clear that background screening procedures must incorporate random drug testing in order to keep potentially dangerous employees out of the workplace. News of an Ohio teacher caught with heroin in the classroom shocked the nation earlier this month, so Broomfield's situation isn't the most scandalous in recent news. But as this problem persists employers are faced with a new reality; without random drug testing there's really no way to make sure that your workforce is a sober one. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, illicit drug use and alcohol abuse in the workplace is more prevalent than employers may think, with one in 12 full-time U.S. workers admitting that they have used illegal substances in the past month. And by the same study, 9.4 million illicit drug users and 10.1 million heavy alcohol users held full-time jobs from 2002 to 2004. Unfortunately, most employers believe that so long as their employees pass a pre employment drug test, things will be just fine. But studies prove this just isn't the case; too many potential employees know how to cheat a test, or can simply stay clean long enough to pass that preliminary requirement. Only by implementing random drug screening can employers know that their force is a sober one. And drug use in the workplace costs employers billions of dollars a year in lost productivity, absenteeism, low morale, injury, damages to property, and insurance claims. This is why employee drug testing is such an important part of all background screening policies. Furthermore, when employees are made aware that random drug and alcohol tests will be a part of their employer's background screening procedures, they're also less likely to use drugs or alcohol at all, meaning that relying on drug testing doesn't necessarily mean that you'll lose employees, just that the ones you have will perform even better on the job. Call EBI to discuss designing a drug testing program to suit your company's needs.Our reliable drug testing programs will give you peace of mind about drug use in your workplace. Criminal records searches. Random drug testing. Reference checks. Everything for a comprehensive picture of your prospective employees. Call us at 800.324.7700 for details.

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