Drug testing, drug treatment, and marijuana use: a fairness perspective.
The authors conducted a random statewide telephone survey of 1,484 individuals to study the relationship between marijuana use (in terms of participants' history of marijuana use) and reactions to drug testing and to study 2 hypothetical drug-treatment policies. Job safety sensitivity was related to perceived fairness of drug testing for the participant's job, and more recent marijuana use was associated with more negative reactions. Safety sensitivity was related to perceived fairness of drug treatment. Organizations with voluntary treatment were more attractive than ones with monitored treatment. Marijuana use interacted with drug treatment policy type in predicting reactions to drug treatment. Results suggest that organizations should consider job and employee characteristics when developing a drug treatment policy.
Paronto
Matthew E
ME
Department of Psychology, Portland State University, Oregon 97207, USA. matthewp@pdx.edu
Truxillo
Donald M
DM
Bauer
Talya N
TN
Leo
Michael C
MC
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011897:Random Allocation; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods*