ages for invasion of privacy stemming from mandatory drug abuse testing programs.11
The Ethical Dilemmas and Other Problems Involved in the Compulsory Drug Abuse Testing Issue
Mandatory drug abuse testing implies that such testing may be accomplished by means of coercion or force, as opposed to the voluntary submission by individuals to such testing. With respect to private employers, coercion in the form of a threat of loss of employment is the means of attempting to assure that
9Abbie Hoffman, and Jonathan Silvers, Steal this Urine Test: Fighting Drug Hysteria in America (New York: Penguin Books, 1987), 3.
10David R. Russell, Drug Testing in the Work Place (Palatine, Illinois: Anthony J. Fresina & Associates, 1987), 11.
11C. Woolsey, "Mandatory Drug Testing Holds Pitfalls for Unwary Employers," Business Insurance, 22 July 1991, 20.
employees will participate in a drug abuse testing program. People held in official detention, however, may, at times, be
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