Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The Levy County, Fla., library's volunteer contingent, most over age 60, is getting testy about taking a drug test to work for free at the library. Under the county's contract with the lab, drug tests are done on urine samples collected while a lab employee is within earshot of the person providing the sample, the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun said. County officials acknowledge that some volunteers may find the test intrusive, but the county's public risk management insurer said volunteers must be treated the same as employees, the Sun said. Advertisement The volunteer force -- seniors between the ages of 60 and 85 -- shrunk from 55 to two and the number of hours volunteers worked at the county's five libraries plummeted from 330 hours in September 2005 to 11 last month, the Sun reported. Most seniors said they considered the drug test undignified and the trip to Gainesville to have it done burdensome. County officials said they have arranged for drug testing to take place at the county's five libraries and are looking into alternatives to urine tests, such as a mouth swab. Advertisement
