If these numbers from the federal government are any indication, drug use among employees is exploding.
Federal transportation employees — like railway workers — are some of the most heavily drug-tested employees in the country. They are tested before they’re hired, randomly while on the job and after serious mistakes.
And despite knowing about all of these tests, the number of Federal Railroad Administration workers who tested positive for drugs in random tests climbed 43% last year from 2014, according to federal documents obtained by The Washington Post.
