first time posting here although ive been lurking for quite a while.
ive been hearing talk thrown around about EMS agencies (public and private) and fire deptartments modeling their pre-employment testing requirements after Pheonix to include a steroid test, as well as random tests during employment. this issue was brought up at work yesterday and suprisingly it grew into a fairly heated discussion. some felt it was necessary and justified, others seemed to think it was too invasive and a waste of money given the prevalence of their use (apparently these tests are very expensive).
just curious to get others opinions on the issue. do you think anabolics are a problem in our field? to be honest, i always thought these tests were included in the pre-employement drug test.
ive been hearing talk thrown around about EMS agencies (public and private) and fire deptartments modeling their pre-employment testing requirements after Pheonix to include a steroid test, as well as random tests during employment. this issue was brought up at work yesterday and suprisingly it grew into a fairly heated discussion. some felt it was necessary and justified, others seemed to think it was too invasive and a waste of money given the prevalence of their use (apparently these tests are very expensive).
just curious to get others opinions on the issue. do you think anabolics are a problem in our field? to be honest, i always thought these tests were included in the pre-employement drug test.