Mandatory drug testing in the Sunshine state

Florida's newly elected Republican Governor Scott has issued an executive order mandating drug testing for new hires and random testing for many current employees. It has the ACLU and public sector unions squawking, and likely is going to draw a challenge to its constitutionality. But the real problem is that it is expensive, and while many employers swear by it, many others found the small number of positive test results called into question the benefit of testing. Drug testing has its place where there is sufficient reasonable suspicion to pass constitutional muster and in the situation where an employee has caused injury to person or property.