Many companies today are looking into drug screening for their employees (or potential employees) because of increasing recreational drug usage. Employees under the influence of drugs in the workplace are highly ineffective and are often the cause of accidents as well.
Many of these issues could be avoided if there were no drug use by employees in the workplace thus employers want to implement a drug screening program. Many employees with a drug abuse problem are often tempted to steal money from there employers to fund their drug problem. If companies had a drug screening program there is a great chance that this type of problem could be eliminated and a course of treatment could be located for the employee.
Accidents on the job could also be reduced by the use of drug screening. Employees that abuse drugs are not alert and often uncoordinated causing possible harm to themselves as well as others around them. Accidents on the assembly line could also be reduced by drug screening. There would be a lesser chance of defective parts and products being produced thus reducing the chance of angry clients wanting to return orders. If an employee could find help for their drug abuse it would eventually increase their productivity which would in turn help to increase the companies overall profits.
There are however some drawbacks in companies trying to begin a drug screening program. Companies can be hard pressed to make a lot of executive level employees submit to drug testing against their will. Also the right of employees to privacy is often called into question. Making sure that there is a slim chance of employees trying to cheat their way through the drug screening process can also be hard. So as drug screening can be hard for a company to implement it can also prove to be very useful.