Reply #144: Not in my experience.

[merh]

The tests are to detect the presence of illegal drugs. If the employee has a prescription for drugs, that is taken into account when the test results are reviewed. The employee has the opportunity to advise the testers that he/she "went out and got drunk" last night and if the percentage of alcohol is below the legal limit, that is taken into account. If it is above the legal limit, then apparently the employee came to work drunk, which is a violation of most companies' policies.

It is not wrong in any job - the employer has a fidicuriary duty to the owner or the stockholders or himself. He has the right to expect the employees to come to work able to function.

I did read the other posts and I do not agree with them.

You would do well to not allow your social use of alcohol or narcotics to impede the rights of others. You have the right to have fun, I won't take it from you, but you don't have a right to have fun at the expense of the employer, your fellow employees, the consumers, the customers, etc.