Drug Test Timeline

The Drug Free Workplace Act

Congress passes the Drug Free Workplace Act requiring companies awarded federal contracts to institute drug testing as a condition of contract.

January 30, 1996

Psychemedics introduces a personal hair testing service for parents

Psychemedics introduced the PDT-90® personal drug testing service for parents who wanted to use hair-testing technology to test their children for drug use.

January 30, 1995

The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association ( DATIA) is founded.

DATIA, The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association, is founded with it stated mission to work closely with and influence key policy makers in Federal

January 30, 1995

Anheuser Busch, makers of Budweiser beer, Miller beer, and many other brands, begins a policy of drug-testing in the workplace

In a notable irony, Anheuser Busch, makers of Budweiser beer, [Miller beer], and many other brands, maintains a policy of drug-testing in the workplace. Urinalysis

January 30, 1995

$77,000 per Drug Test!!!

A congressional committee estimated that the cost of each positive in government testing was $77,000 because the positive rate was only 0.5%.

January 30, 1992

The U.S. Supreme Court allows the Veronia School District in the State of Washington to require suspicionless, mass urinalysis for high school and junior high school athletes.

The U.S. Supreme Courts, citing a drug crisis that has reached “epidemic proportions”, rules in favor of a Veronia, Washington School District law mandating mass

January 30, 1992

The American Civil Liberties Union recommends Impairment Testing as a reasonable alternative to urinalysis and hair testing.

Realizing that an impairment-free standard must be maintained for certain professions involving public safety, the American Civil Liberties Union suggests an alternative to urinalysis and

January 30, 1991

The U.S. Court of Appeals, citing the administrative search exception, approve mass urinalysis procedures in the public workplace

January 30, 1986

The United State’s Third Circuit Court of Appeals, citing the administrative search exception, approved, for the first time, mass urinalysis procedures in the public workplace.

Drug Test Timeline

The Drug Free Workplace Act

Psychemedics introduces a personal hair testing service for parents

The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association ( DATIA) is founded.

Anheuser Busch, makers of Budweiser beer, Miller beer, and many other brands, begins a policy of drug-testing in the workplace

$77,000 per Drug Test!!!

The U.S. Supreme Court allows the Veronia School District in the State of Washington to require suspicionless, mass urinalysis for high school and junior high school athletes.

The American Civil Liberties Union recommends Impairment Testing as a reasonable alternative to urinalysis and hair testing.

Congress requires random drug testing for any U.S. Worker in safety sensitive positions

Keith Stroup NORML, Rick Cusick, High Times, Interview

In a landmark case, a Federal Judge Jack Weinstein ruled that hair testing was “effective and accurate.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals, citing the administrative search exception, approve mass urinalysis procedures in the public workplace

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