Drug and Alcohol Testing
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Drug and Alcohol Testing: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on S. 561, to Provide for Testing for the Use, Without Lawful Authorization of Alcohol or Controlled Substances by The Other examples show this is not an isolated problem: In 1986, an insurance industry study found that 30 percent of some 300 truck drivers randomly sampled tested positive for drugs. Investigators determined that a pilots cocaine use was a contributing factor in a January, 1988 crash of a commuter aircraft in rural Colorado in which nine people died. In April, 1987, a bus struck a bridge on the George Washington Parkway in Virginia, killing one and injuring 32 passengers. The driver tested positive for cocaine, Valium, and marijuana. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez earlier this year in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in which the captains history of alcohol use is at issue, rings vividly in our minds. Fortunately, our efforts have borne some fruit. Last year, the Department of Transportation issued rules mandating testing of safety-sensitive workers for illegal drugs in the rail, motor carrier, aviation, maritime, pipeline, and mass transit industries. However, enactment of legislation to mandate drug and alcohol testing for transportation workers remains my objective and top priority. Very simply, the Dot rules do not go far enough, failing to include alcohol in industry testing programs. Accident statistics prove alcohol abuse a threat to the safety of the American traveling public at least as big - if not big bigger - than illegal drugs. For example, over a 7-year period, the Department of Transportation found 10,300 individuals who had previously had their drivers licenses suspended or revoked for driving while intoxicated became certified pilots. Clearly alcohol is an issue that necessitates our action. Secondly, the Dot rules lack the statutory backing that regulations of this importance must have. Without having such statutory backing, the existing drug testing rules are subject to the whimsical interpretations and revisions of future Dot Administrations. The legislation that I introduced, with the strong support of our Ranking Member, Senator Danforth, will accomplish these objectives. It will mandate random and other types of testing for both illegal drugs and alcohol. And it protects the rights of those tested by incorporating guidelines established last year by the Department of Health and Human Services on laboratory accuracy, as well as protections for individual privacy and innocent employees. I am heartened by the recent Supreme Court decisions on drug testing - both on the constitutionality of Federal Railroad Administration post-accident testing of rail workers, and Customs Service requirements for drug screening of certain workers seeking promotions in the Service. I have long been convinced that given the compelling need for public safety, carefully crafted testing programs would be found to within the limits of the Constitution. The key component of our present drug testing effort is random testing. Without it, we do not have the deterrence needed to stop drug and alcohol abuse. Experience has established this as fact. For example, the Coast Guard has seen its rate of positive tests drop from 10.3 percent in 1983 when random testing was initiated, to 2.8 percent in 1988. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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