Why aren't 'important' people drug tested like lower class workers?
146965
Because if the drug is tested negative, they wont be the ones who suffer from it.
909427
Not unless you take a large amount of it and overdose in which case a drug test will be the least of your problems. But it is not a drug that is tested for on standard drug tests.
321201
anyone who uses needs to get a life...drugs are only a crutch for those too weak to face reality. This world doesn't have space for drugged up losers. They don't call it dope for nothing..what a waste of time, money and a human life.
547514
they probly werent raised a hard worker. besides, with it being so easy to get the government to give them all this stuff, theres no reason for them to find a job. i say well-fare needs a strict reformation. disabled people need the help, but someone that cant find a job? why should my parents have to pay them because they're to lazy to get a job? its all politics. the politician that helps bring more equality to the nation(hmm, that sounds alot lke communism) usually gets elected.
488429
Why not compare it to the huge numbers of alcohaul and cigarette consumers among America's lower class population. But which came first? Do the poor use booze and smokes to help deal with the emotional pain of being poor, or are they poor because the blow their money on booze and smokes instead of working harder? And of course the health links are self perpetuating. Both habits lessen life expectancy and supress the immune system, causing more missed work due to illness and speeding the descent of poverty.\n\nJust some thoughts to help you along.
761619
yeah, they do, but not just potential employess, but people who are already employed there get random drug test too.  I know people who have had 3 or 4 tests in the past year and a half.
569213
Lots of tests done on real people in controlled environments. Police departments do these tests from time to time with regular people in their area. Let them drink and then give them sobriety tests, put them behind the wheel of a car on a closed test track, etc.
461660
Right you are, it should be...  How many potheads are violent?  Beat their wives and kids?  Get in vehicles, go driving and kill themselves or innocent people?  Why?  They are too lazy.  They might not be too motivated but, what harm does it do?  To keep the lazy ones from collecting unemployment or other government benifits, they should drug test (randomly), although this is costly, it's at least a detturant.  I don't know though becasue we support all the drunks????  Fact is, there is a lot more our contry has to worry about then someone getting high.  (i.e. alcohol and tabacco)
692142
I think the idea is to punish those who are dealing LARGE AMOUNTS (like those selling to the US) and to not punish those who use it for personal use. Actually Cocaine, Heroine, and Marajuana are all useful Medicinal drugs, and were commonly used as such until Nixon.
288223
I don't need a paper to answer this, YES!!!  Just go to your local ER.  Poor individuals get less preventative medicine, allow diseases to progress longer before visiting the doctor.  And of course, they get less specialized care because they usually visit the ER or free clinics instead of a specialist.  Then add the fact that poorer people have a higher rate of drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse.  Its not all the economy, some of it has to do with the lack of responsibility.
36503
yes they will show up and if it is an employer they probably will test for all drugs.  i think they all leave your system in three days so drink a lot of water(like a gallon a day at least).
397862
Drugs are more powerful and could be used to self medicate If people wanted to.That would NEVER happen because the pharmaceutical company's would not let it.Its all about MONEY,Good Luck to you,"The smoker you drink" Take care!Alcohol is responsible for 50% of every thing considered negative in this country.And nearly 60% of the murders,and traffic deaths.Drugs don`t even come close to the destruction caused by booze!
46166
I believe alot of the civil liberty unions are jumping on the bandwagon about the issue of drug testing. As for a law in any organization, I would guess it might depend on the organization involved if they want to do this and then it was more than likely written in the by laws of the organization that you joined or are considering joining.\n  I don't know if anyone is immune from drug testing anywhere anymore. I think if you are taking certain drugs for medical reasons (like a few that I take daily) there is a clause I had to sign that they could request a test for illegal drugs in my system if they suspected it. It sucks but in some ways it is understandable. In others it is nothing but an obvious violation of your privacy..
313119
Unless you are going to be working in the warehouse of the corp. offices, I doubt they will make you take a drug test.  But I wouldn't doubt that if you give them suspicion, that they would make you take one "randomly"
463286
Because of patient confidentiality...Drug screens along with HIV test or any other test done by employees should be held in the strictist confidence by their employees.
688015
I agree, but why stop at just the drug testing?  Every regulation they put upon Americans should apply to them aw well.  They should not have special retirement packages, just the same Soc. Security/Medicare that they engineer for everyone else.  Their pay raises should be more closely tied to the government's financial performance (including 'net worth,' factoring in the national debt!)  And so on.
1183819
a rich person can be a drug addict and it won't have any detrimental effect economically. a similar addiction in a poorer person can have a devistating effect on him/her and family