Jackie Calmes reports for the New York Times that employers are having a hard time finding people who can pass a drug test. And Andy Cush says at Gawker that he has a simple solution: Stop drug testing employees altogether.
But there's actually a good case for drug testing employees: A 2014 study by Notre Dame economist Abigail Wozniak suggested it can prevent racial disparities in the labor force, because employers often wrongly assume minority applicants are more likely to be drug users — and not hire them — without a drug test.
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