The Nation : Civilians Face Drug Tests

The Defense Department, which tests military personnel for drug abuse, is expanding the program to include civilian employees who hold “critical jobs,” officials disclosed. The new policy was outlined in a directive from Deputy Defense Secretary William H. Taft IV and is effective Saturday. Personnel who might be subject to the mandatory drug testing include law enforcement officers, those with “jobs involving the protection of property or persons from harm” and those in “positions involving the national security or the internal security of the Department of Defense.”