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State Department Employees Protest Drug Testing

State Department employees have formed a group to protest random drug testing in the agency. The group, named Defenders of the Fourth Amendment, argues that random drug testing is not a cost-effective deterrent and that it constitutes an invasion of personal privacy.

Group Protests Drug Testing Policy Random Screening Intrusive and Ineffective, Government Workers Say, Washington Post, June 1, 2001.