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    Drug Testing: Methods, Legalities, and Ethics

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    A 5 page discussion of drug testing. The occupations affected by drug testing are indeed diverse. So too are the methodologies employed by various drug testing programs and by the laws and ethics that pertain. The subject is further complicated by the varying positions taken on drug testing by states, private entities, and the federal government itself. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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    whether we are applying for a job in a gas station, competing in sports, or performing in highly-trained and critical positions such as an airline pilot or air traffic controller,  being tested for the presence of illegal substances in our bodies is an ever-present possibility. The types of positions affected by drug testing are indeed diverse. So too  are the methodologies employed by various drug testing programs and by the laws and ethics that pertain. The subject is further complicated by the varying positions taken on drug  testing by states, private entities, and the federal government itself. Interestingly, no federal law exists  that: "specifically authorizes drug testing of employees, except for certain workers in the defense and  transportation industries" (Guerin, 2004). Individual states, however, have enacted certain laws on their own which  sometimes provide for testing in a much wider arena. Consider Idaho as an example. Idaho is encountering a unique problem in that two of her neighbor states and  nine states in the U.S. as a whole (specifically Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, and Nevada) have passed laws that allow their residents to grow and use  marijuana for medical reasons. Marijuana is considered a Schedule I drug under federal law. Even in those states where the medical use has been approved, it cannot be  officially prescribed (Sahlberg, 2004). Instead, the medical use of marijuana in these states it is only "authorized" (Sahlberg, 2004). While the federal government specifically penalizes the 

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