The Nation - News from March 5, 1986
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Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III said it would be legal for the government to order mandatory drug tests for millions of federal workers, a step recommended by President Reagan’s Commission on Organized Crime. At a news conference, Meese also said the Justice Department and the Cabinet would review the proposal that all federal employees, as well as anyone working for federal contractors, submit to mandatory drug tests as a condition of employment.
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