The university’s been working for several months on a new policy related to pre-employment drug testing. In February of 2008, we join the ranks of many others large employers and health care facilities in the nation who ask their best candidates to come up “clear.” It’s not entirely new on campus: many of our contractors and certain categories of employees (those with commercial drivers licenses, as an example) are already screened. As is often the case whenever a change is in the air, this one comes accompanied by rumors and misinformation. There’s a rumor circulating that current employees are going to be drug tested; that’s not the plan. This is pre-employment drug testing for new potential hires. If you want some of the details, the policy behind it has been online…