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Drug Test

Should we have a drug test from every job in America?

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 8.7%
  • No

    Votes: 29 63.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 13 28.3%

  • Total voters
    46
  • Poll closed .

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Hello Everybody:2wave:
Should we have a drug test from every job in America & why?
 
I voted other. It should be at the discretion of the employer.
 
I hope to hell not.
Has our nation gone that far downhill that a drug test is suggested ?
I think not, but is there a way of measuring this ?
 
Absolutely. We should require all employers to test, and test frequently, to make sure that all of their employees and potential employees are on drugs.
 
I voted other. It should be at the discretion of the employer.
I have retired as a company director of three companies that I started from scratch.

Ps Im 58yrs old and have smoked weed since I was 14 yrs old.

That how I coped with my employee's.
 
I said no, because I want companies to decide whether or not to do it.
 
I feel the same for most jobs, but think it should be required for jobs where doing one's job stoned has a high livelihood of causing disaster. (Drivers, pilots, police, firemen, medical personnel, senators, congressmen, etc.)
 
I think it's funny how some people don't want "big govt" involved in their lives in any manner, but are perfectly happy to serve up themselves to big business in ways that even George Orwell couldn't imagine.
 
I think it's funny how some people don't want "big govt" involved in their lives in any manner, but are perfectly happy to serve up themselves to big business in ways that even George Orwell couldn't imagine.

Well, you do not have the same "choice" involved with employment as you do with your government. It is easier to quit my job than to move to France, and hopefully keep my job; but if not find another to replace my former income.;)
 
I've come to recognize that employers, especially large corporations, can be as oppressive in some ways as governments.

If they're all operating from the same playbook (see ICS 9001) changing employers may not improve the way you are treated much, if at all.
 
I have retired as a company director of three companies that I started from scratch. Are these companies still alive ?

Ps Im 58yrs old and have smoked weed since I was 14 yrs old.

That how I coped with my employee's. If you had to cope with me, you would need either a very high intellect or "weed", or both..

Maybe not a bad idea...seriously....

Drug testing ?? I do not know.

Psychological testing ??
 
I've come to recognize that employers, especially large corporations, can be as oppressive in some ways as governments.

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EDS under Perot was a dictatorship.
 
I'm against drug testing at jobs that aren't related to the public or civil services. As an employer I'd only be concerned with job performance and functionality. If the person works great as part of the team and gets their work done, then what they do in their off time is none of my business.

It's an invasion of personal privacy and should be illegal, just like it should be illegal for corporate powers to invade your personal finances to find out what your credit is like before hiring you. That is none of their damn businesses.
 
I voted other. It should be at the discretion of the employer.

While I agree entirely with that, I didn't read the question as "should we require a drug test" but our opinions on whether or not there ought to be one. As such, assuming that all employers actively supported the idea and wanted it to happen, I could only vote 'yes'.
 
My work (truck driver, hauling heavy/oversized loads) requires random and pre-employment screening.

Yes I am sure it is a lot safer to be on the road now, as apposed to when I started prior to drug testing (NYC_LA) without sleep, not for the weak of heart.

Not all companies need people getting, what they perceive (heh,heh, some of the things that go on at truck stops would require another thread ;) )their proper rest.

The company I work for gives two hours pay when you go take random drug test…so when I’m a bit short, or I see a bill on the horizon, I come into the dispatch office wearing my NORML hat. :mrgreen:

Donate to NORML - NORML
 
It's an invasion of personal privacy and should be illegal, just like it should be illegal for corporate powers to invade your personal finances to find out what your credit is like before hiring you. That is none of their damn businesses.

Is the financial information of a corporation no one's business either?
 
Of course not. I don't think employers should routinely test people, unless the job is of a nature where drug use could be dangerous. If they have a reasonable suspicion that a specific employee is using drugs, that's a different story. Test away. I know I would be very offended if an employer asked me to submit to a drug test as a condition for employment.
 
Is the financial information of a corporation no one's business either?

That's different. Corporations have shareholders that support the company. They want to know how their investment is maturing and what the executive board is doing to ensure long term financial success. As long as employees are functional and contributing, what they do in their off time is irrelevant.
 
That's different. Corporations have shareholders that support the company. They want to know how their investment is maturing and what the executive board is doing to ensure long term financial success. As long as employees are functional and contributing, what they do in their off time is irrelevant.

Then as long as the corporation is functional and profitable, then what they spend their money on is irrelevant.
 
Then as long as the corporation is functional and profitable, then what they spend their money on is irrelevant.

That's certainly an odd way to look at business. Berkshire Hathaway and JetBlue are both "functional and profitable," but one is a lot moreso than the other. It's perfectly valid to question how businesses spend their money, whether they're profitable or not. ;)
 
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Hello Everybody:2wave:
Should we have a drug test from every job in America & why?

Who's going to pay for it? This would cost billions in whatever currency you used.
 
Then as long as the corporation is functional and profitable, then what they spend their money on is irrelevant.

How is that equivalent to monitoring the private life of an employee? Your analogy is really off base.

If a corporation is spending money in ways that affects the public realm, then people are obviously going to know about it and have various reactions. If someone goes to work and performs normally but smokes pot in their off hours, no one would be the wiser unless an actual drug test is done and people choose to freak out over it.
 
That's certainly an odd way to look at business. Berkshire Hathaway and JetBlue are both "functional and profitable," but one is a lot moreso than the other. It's perfectly valid to question how businesses spend their money, whether they're profitable or not. ;)

Exactly, just as it's perfectly valid to ask if an employee is doing drugs.
 
Of course not. I don't think employers should routinely test people, unless the job is of a nature where drug use could be dangerous. If they have a reasonable suspicion that a specific employee is using drugs, that's a different story. Test away. I know I would be very offended if an employer asked me to submit to a drug test as a condition for employment.
You have the right to be offended and go look for a job somewhere else. ;)

If an employer thinks it is in their best interest to have being drug free a condition of employment, they should have every right to do so.

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