Editing Drug test (section)

===United Kingdom===
A study in 2004 by the Independent Inquiry into Drug Testing at Work found that attempts by employers to force employees to take drug tests could potentially be challenged as a violation of privacy under the [[Human Rights Act 1998]] and Article 8 of the [[European Convention of Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web|author = Independent Inquiry into Drug Testing at Work|title= Drug testing in the workplace: Summary conclusions of the Independent Inquiry into Drug Testing at Work|url=http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/foundations/694.asp|access-date= January 17, 2008|url-status= dead|archive-url  =https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073933/http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/foundations/694.asp|archive-date =September 28, 2007|df= mdy-all}}</ref> However, this does not apply to industries where drug testing is a matter of personal and public safety or security rather than productivity.