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Article

12 Aug 2002

Author:
Dana Hawkins, U.S. News & World Report

Tests on trial: Jobs and reputations ride on unproven drug screens

For employers who test to deter drug use, which they say leads to a safer, more productive workplace, so-so accuracy might be enough. But it comes at a high cost in reputations and livelihoods for those falsely accused...the fastest-growing segment of the drug-testing industry consists of newer and often more error-prone tests.