This week's cover story, on drugs in the workplace and efforts to control their use, marks a distinct change of pace for TIME's Economy and Business section. Says Senior Editor Charles Alexander, who supervised the project: "This story is an unusual one for us because it cuts across so many disciplines. We don't normally focus heavily on crime, legal and civil rights issues or social problems in our columns."
Alexander knows whereof he speaks. He has been a member of the Business section since 1978, first as a reporter-researcher and, since 1981, as a staff writer and associate editor. He is...