WHAT AMERICAN EMPLOYEES THINK
ABOUT DRUG ABUSE

Question: "I'm going to read you a statement. For each statement, please tell me how much you agree or disagree with the statement using a scale from one to five, where '5' means you strongly agree, '4' means you agree, '3' means you are neutral, '2' means you disagree, and '1' means you strongly disagree."

Figure 25

Compared to 1989, significantly more respondents supported a company's right to test job applicants for drug use prior to hiring them. Seventy-seven percent of those surveyed supported a company's right to test potential employees, compared to sixty-eight percent in 1989.