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From: licsak@hsi.UUCP (Don Licsak)
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Subject: Re: Urinalysis...Lie Detectors...all th
Message-ID: <354@hsi.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-May-86 17:10:27 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 22 17:10:27 1986
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Organization: Health Systems Int., New Haven, CT.
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> > I have one very good reason for using drug testing and refusing
> > to hire smokers.That is money.  If I hired a drug-free
> > (except for alcohol, prescription drugs,
> > over-the-counter medication, and caffiene) work force, my insurance rates would
> > go down and each employee would have a lower health insurance deduction.
Your reasoning would be fine except that you could someday be faced with this:

A crew of drug-free employees that may include an active alcoholic, an addict 
inadvertently hooked on prescription sleeping pills, an addict of a nasal spray
you can buy over the counter, and an employee suffering with high blood 
pressure from too much caffeine. Your insurance rate savings would be nil due
to lost time. 

Hire the best people you can find to do the job, smokers or not. You'll soon
know the type of employee they'll make. There is no "drug free" employee by
your definition.

Don in New Haven
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