I agree with Linda....she did not say, by the way, that she "smoked pot"
on the job....there are lots of problems with drug testing; my mother
tested positive even tho she's my mother!  Meaning, a 60 ish woman who
does not do drugs...turned out, after much hassle and mtgs. and disc. and
pushing (pun unintended) it was some strange reaction to foods that
showed up....anyway, there are all sorts of ethical issues involved with
drug testing....sorry, I just do not buy it.  So far, I have been lucky,
and have not worked for any company that drug tests; if and when that day
comes, I'm not sure what I'd do....hopefully, I can affored the luxuary
of not working for that company or institution if they have such a policy.

On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Miriam B Albahari wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Linda Seguin wrote:
>
> > Or that when the dinosaur skeleton falls on you, and your post-accident drug
> > test shows that you've smoked pot in the past month, Worker's Comp. doesn't
> > have to pay?
> > Big Brother is watching, and I don't feel any safer.
> >
> > --Linda Seguin
> >
>
> Why shouldn't your employer know if you have smoked an illegal,
> mind-affecting drug if you were involved in a workplace accident?  That
> dinosaur fall may have happened because of your altered mental state.
> Don't do stupid, illegal, dangerous things and expect someone else to
> pick up[ the tab.  All of the people responding to this thread have
> emphasized that drug tests are applied either uniformly or when there is
> cause, not randomly to persecute people.  Seems reasonable to me.
>
> Miriam Albahari
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