Job Applicants Test Positive for Drugs at HIghest Rate

Caroline Fairchild, Huffington Post

On March 7, 2013 Caroline Fairchild wrote an article called "U.S. Job Seekers Test Positive For Drugs At Highest Rate Since 2007, Study Finds" in the Huffington post. Job applicants are testing positively for drugs at rates not seen since 2007. According to a medical lab research company, job applicants are having a hard time passing their pre-employment urine tests. The rate of which job applicants have failed their drug tests has increased by 5.7% since 2011. The most common drug used by American job seekers is marijuana. This suggests that maybe, Marijuana should be legalized. Last year, Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana restricting it to permitted use by adults over twenty-one. As time progresses and more propositions are voted for, Americans seem to even more supportive of the legalization of this product. It seems that Americans cannot keep themselves away from Marijuana and it is costing them their job. Employers are having trouble finding employees that pass their drug tests. The way America is heading, employers might have to look at their policies, and decide if they want drug testing or not.It is quite frightening to see the people's dependence on drugs and how they compromise their future and financial stability in order to indulge in illegal drugs.