Drug testing means many things to a wide variety of people that span several ethnic, social, and economical classes in the United States. Drug testing is a ubiquidous part of every day life for nearly every employee subject to mandatory drug testing, and into the social aspects of life, too. The unique part is that drug testing is a social and emotional diachotomy: Some are for drug testing and others oppose it, both with varying degrees of intensity.

During a job interview, have you ever been asked to participate in drug testing for your new employer? New applicants for many of the Fortune 500 corporations are now being subject to mandatory drug testing. Drug metabolites can be detected in urine, blood, hair, external residue, and even perspiration.

In the following report, origially written by a Mr. Juston Gombos and further adapted by our editors, we will look into the how, the why, and the central issues at the crux of drug testing.

Further reading: Legal Drug Testing