Rick,
 
          Even police can't search people without probable cause, its
          one of the tenets of our legal system, and, I think,
          unreasonable search and seizure is unconstitutional.
 
          From what I can understand, there is no probable cause
          associated with these drug tests (with their close analogy
          to "searches.") So, by analogy, should all of our
          apartments/houses be searched by the administration of the
          museum for evidence of illegal behaviour?
 
          I can't understand what the difference between this
          obviously absurd suggestion (searches of our house), and the
          apparently wide-spread acceptance of drug searches. Can you
          help me with this? Or does the blanket condemnation of
          drug-use you express justify this suspension of our rights.
 
          Had any drinks lately? Cigarette, coffee? Do drug tests test
          for alchoholism (manifestly more dangerous and widespread
          than casual use of something like marijuana)? Or is it the
          illegality that's at issue, not the potential impairment?
          Well, then again, back to the argument about searching your
          apartment...
 
          Eric Siegel
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