New Psychoactive Substances in Wastewater from Rest Areas and Commercial Weigh Stations along Interstate Highways

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4. Funny You Say That

Neighbor winds up doing his brother's company's "random" drug test because he's clean. If they actually tested their personnel, they'd probably have to fire lots of their workers and most companies don't want to have that much turnover.

A couple years back our garbage collection company changed hands and we started missing collections. The new company sent out email apologizing that garbage wasn't being collected because they lost a lot of drivers and crew when the company changed hands. Turns out the old company was self insured (and never drug tested). The new company instituted random drug tests (because of their insurance) and they lost half their staff. Illegal drug use is apparently quite common for the front line garbage collectors, which makes sense given the 3AM wake up and long days most of them work.

Drug use is much more common than most people think. After decades of drug testing, companies and employees have figured ways around it I guess.