They would pick a random employee or two and send them to a facility to pee in a cup.
The results would decide if their employment would continue or not. I saw many get fired as the result of these proceedings.
I certainly complied — I was totally recreational drug free a long time awaiting just such occasions.
Nowadays the procedure is typically saved "for cause" and personally, you would be greeted somewhat less genially by me personally I dare say. I've had several higher paying jobs which did not force drug tests on the employee.
Nowadays, retirement poses no such situational anxiety for me to ponder so I suppose it's a moot point.
Today is National Surprise Drug Test Day.
It is held each April 21 and has it's roots in cannabis in the workplace but has expanded to other drugs over time.
So the insurance break these people get for this survelliance is minimal and the control factor — which was what it appeared to be mostly about — makes me want to kill the fat stinky tiny pecker red tard who made them a requirement in my life.
Fuck National Surprise Drug Test Day. Just who do you think you are ?