outhere69
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ORIGINAL: EternalHoH From the employer's view, what makes the state any different from the private sector when it comes to the employer's right to require drug testing? I worked in plenty of white collar jobs in the private sector that required drug testing, even though my job did not involve public safety. If I didnt like that, I was free to move along down the line and work somewhere else. Why is the ACLU picking a fight now? One of the things we learned in a stats class is how inaccurate drug testing is in the private sector. They aren't testing enough people to get an accurate result, so the false positive rate is higher than the number that actually get busted. Most of the places I know retest any failures, so you run up an additional cost. The other problem with this testing is that you can be an alcoholic, use meth, sedatives, opiates, and various club drugs and pass within 48 hours. Party down on Friday and you're good for Monday. Even if you're still recovering from the party effects. Smoke a roach one night and you come up positive 30 days later. For public safety concerns, if you're worried about safety, test reaction times before the job starts. Plenty of cold meds can screw you up, as can migraine headaches, fatigue, etc. As for folks getting "handouts"/entitlements, you'd have to test everyone claiming the child, mortgage, local tax, medical expense exemptions, etc. edit for wicked typos.
< Message edited by outhere69 -- 7/11/2011 2:07:05 PM >
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