Ethnoracial differences in workplace drug testing and policies on positive drug tests in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug testing is widely implemented as a work-based prevention strategy for employee substance use. However, it has raised concerns about its potential use as a punitive measure in the workplace where racialized/ethnic workers are over-represented. This study examines the rates of exposure to workplace drug testing among ethnoracial workers in the United States and the potential differences in the employers' responses to positive test results.

Methods

A nationally-representative sample of 121,988 employed adults was examined using the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data. The rates of exposure to workplace drug testing were estimated separately for ethnoracial workers. Then we used multinomial logistic regression to test differences in employers' r

SUBMITTER: Oh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478150 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature