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Due to a continued decline in drug positivity for amphetamines among safety-sensitive workers--a category that includes teachers, paramedics, bus and truck drivers, and pilots--and a decrease in positive marijuana drug test results, workplace drug use was at a new low in 2006. These are the major findings of Quest Diagnostics' Drug Testing index, a report considered a benchmark for national trends since its beginning in 1988.

 

The 2006 Drug Testing Index showed that positivity for amphetamnes declined 20 percent to become a new low among federally mandated, safety-sensitive workers. For the general workforce, positivity for amphetamines was down 12.5 percent. The number of positive tests for marijuana also declined 6.3 percent among the U.S. general workforce.

 

Spokespersons from Quest Diagnostics believe the continued decline in workforce drug positivity may be due to two factors: increased employer vigilance about the impact of workplace drug abuse on liability and productivity, and the possibility that drug abusers may avoid appying at companies that actively conduct drug testing.

 

Data from the Department of Health and Human Services 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health also supports the idea of drug testing being a deterrent to employee drug use. The survey found that individuals whose employers do not have a drug testing program reported nearly 50 percent higher incidence of illicit drug use.

 

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