Reply #38: that's why I said it depends on the job

[Heddi]

With Medical profession, drivers, machine operators, others peoples lives ARE at risk, or could ASSUMED To be at risk based on the extracurricular drug habits of the doctor, driver, train conductor, airplane pilot, etc.

I worked in sales for 10 years and I thought the most retarded fucking thing they ever did was drug test me pre job---I wasn't around anyone---I sat at a desk in a dark little room and talked to people on the phone. I had to get high after work just to get rid of the monotony of the job.

That's why I said that 99.9% of the jobs that people have do not need ANY kind of drug testing--pre employment or random drug testing. I think it's a waste of time and businesses have NO right in knowing what a secretary does on her off time.

However there could be HUGE liability issues if Medical personnel, pilots, drivers, conductors, etc, were allowed to preform their job, did a shoddy job/killed someone, and it was found that they had drugs in their system---even if it's something done recreationally, on the weekends, and they weren't high on the job, the fact is that the MJ or whatever COULD be blamed for their error (even if it's not the case). I'd rather they not get high at all so that their mistakes can be judged on their individual 'mistakedness' rather whether their mistake was made while some illicit substance was in their bloodstream