5.1 Employees Exposed to Workplace Drug Testing Programs

Figure 5.1 Percentage of Full-Time Workers, Age 18 - 49, Reporting Workplace Drug Testing Programs, by Type of Program, 1994 and 1997

The percentage of full-time workers, age 18-49, who indicated that their employer conducted any type of drug testing programs, whether at hiring, randomly, upon suspicion, or post-accident, increased from 43.6 percent in 1994 to 48.5 percent in 1997. In particular, the percentage reporting tests as part of the hiring process increased from 34.7 percent in 1994 to 38.6 percent in 1997; the percentage reporting random tests increased from 20.2 percent in 1994 to 25.4 percent in 1997; and the percentage of reporting tests after accidents occurred increased from 22.4 percent to 28.7 percent. These increases between 1994 and 1997 were all statistically significant (see Table 5.1).