意大利一位负责家庭及预防毒品滥用政策的官员近日提议，所有股票交易员均需接受毒品检测，并引用相关研究称毒品滥用与股市动荡之间有某种联系。这位官员表示，他将与股票交易所监管方和行业团体一起讨论这个毒品检测提议，而且该项提议的实施也无需通过新的法律来支持。他指出，可卡因的使用对人有“毁灭性”的影响，会让人“大脑崩溃”；而有些意大利人可能把积蓄托付给了这样一些因为滥用毒品而“失去决策能力的人”。
　　An undersecretary for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has proposed a drug-testing program for stock traders, citing studies that point to a “worrisome” link between substance abuse and market fluctuations.
　　Some Italians may have entrusted savings to people “not capable of making decisions” due to drug use, Carlo Giovanardi said in a phone interview from Belluno, Italy.
　　Giovanardi, who’s responsible for the government’s family and drug-abuse prevention policy, said he plans to contact regulators and industry groups working with the stock exchange to discuss the drug-testing plan. The program could be developed without the passage of a new law, he said.
　　The Italian exchange, Borsa Italiana, didn’t have an immediate comment, said a spokeswoman, who declined to be identified citing policy.
　　Giovanardi, who last year promoted a voluntary drug test for members of parliament, also cited “U.S. studies” suggesting recent market turmoil may have been amplified by “people who’ve lost touch with reality” due to drug use. The undersecretary said cocaine use has a “devastating” effect on individuals, leading to “brain meltdown.”