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Originally posted by DaveE
I smoked pot when I was much younger so I never worried about the testing but always felt it a huge intrusion on my personal freedom, not to mention a bit insulting. Maybe that personal freedom doesn't really exist in the USA.
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You can have all the personal freedom you want when you are a greeter at Wal-Mart, digging ditches or picking up trash for a living. If you are going to be doing something that possibly puts the public at risk, then its time to be safe and sober.
Many of the posts on this thread show why random drug testing is needed, because there sure seems to be a lot of you guys who feel that its a game to get high and not get caught. Trust me gents, when an accident happens and they pull a piece of your hair and find ANY drug in it that has not been perscribed to you by a doctor, life and your "personal freedom" will change. Do I like doing random testing? No, but there are others who think its a game to get high then try and operate a machine that the public uses.
Guys, let me ask you a silly question. I fly airplanes for a living. Next time you and your family hop on a jet to fly somewhere please tell me how you would feel about the pilots toking on a doobie at the jetway door before getting on the plane?
What? You want the pilots to be safe and sober when they fly you from point A to point B in that thunderstorm? Then please tell me the difference between this and the guy/gal who drives the bus, the train, the street cleaner, the person who repairs the brakes on a city vehicle, repairs cables on the ski lift and so on?
You can have all the "personal freedom" you want. Just stay away from any job that could possibly involve any of the public. After all, last time I looked I did not sign a release of my rights that allowed anyone else to get high and sacrifice my safety and the safety of my family.