Many people have argued that mandatory drug testing is a violation of their civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment grants you the right against unreasonable searches and seizures, otherwise known as a person's right to privacy. However, employers have the right to know whether or not the people working under them are stable to do their jobs.

Legalizing drug testing has provoked quite an upheaval. Advocates claim that employers have every right to expect their workers to be sober on the job, especially when safety and security are on the line. Although, those who oppose random drug testing, argue that testing positive may not necessarily mean that the employee was intoxicated while working - that all it proves is that they likely put a buzz on, someplace, sometime.

However, drug addiction is a very complex illness that many people do not become aware of until...