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Perspective

Aug. 22, 2013

Drug test doctors! Drug test lawyers!!

If we're going to drug test doctors, shouldn't we be testing lawyers, too? By Bradley I. Kramer


By Bradley I. Kramer


The extent of the illegal drug and prescription drug problem in the U.S. has been a matter of dispute for decades, but just how crippling these drugs are for lawyers and doctors is unequivocal.


More than one-third of legal professionals suffer from short-term or chronic symptoms of depression or stress. It's not all that shocking, therefore, that the American Bar Association estimates that between 15 percent and 20 percent of la...

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