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Originally Posted by kane
My brother and I had this conversation over the weekend. He doesn't see the point in legalizing pot because every job out there drug tests. I told him that not every job does, and those that do test do so when they hire you and never again. He works construction and if there is an accident on the site they drug test everyone on site and you get fired if you have drugs in your system.
I told him that nothing would change if it was legal. Those jobs that test still will. Those who work jobs were they could get fired if they smoke will have to decide for themselves if they want to take that chance. It should be up to individuals to take responsibility for themselves. The government is not responsible for protecting me from me, I should be allowed to choose for myself how I want to live.
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Yeah, drug testing. It's amazing what happens once you get on a slippery slope isn't it?
Drug testing has to be the most extreme invasion of privacy ever! But the argument a couple of decades back was: "We need to make sure that the people working high risk jobs aren't high"
It made sense. Who wants to fly on a plane with a pilot stoned out of his mind? Or have a guy working a construction crane over a city street jacked up on crystal meth?
So the Supreme Court took us one step closer to a "1984" Orwellian world by ruling it constitutional.
But then...insurance companies pounced on that to try and jack up rates if you did NOT test your employees.
So now we have EVERY employee of EVERY company being fucking drug tested! Unreal.
And now I see on the news that a Senator is proposing that we drug test homeless people to ensure that they don't use any govt. handouts to buy drugs.
Where the fuck does it all end?