Group Discuss (Drug Testing) Coursework Assignment

This week we are reading about Constitutional issues. The topic of employer drug testing falls under this category. As the reading tells us, public employees, that is workers employed by a public entity such as the State, County or municipality, are protected from random drug testing by their employers because the government, or employer in this case, may not unreasonably search a citizen under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The law also provides that public employers who have a "reasonable individualized suspicion" that a worker may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol may test an employee. Public employees in safety-sensitive positions, such as police and fire fighters may also be tested. In the private sector, any employer may randomly test any employee at any time. Please discuss whether you believe that an employer has the right to drug test its employees? If not, why not? If so, why? I look forward to your comments in this forum.