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Mandatory drug testing at work becoming more widespread

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A few weeks ago I was held up going through security at the airport. I was chosen for a random explosives test, and I came up positive for TNT. Not just once, when they retested me, it came up again at very high levels. It wasn't until they tested me on a different machine did they decide that I wasn't about to explode, and I was allowed to go to my flight.

So what about drug testing at work? Many would agree that there is no reason why employers should not demand testing as part of an employment contract. But what about the risk of false positives? Listen to my story about the issue here: