Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:41371 alt.drugs:2119 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!bikini!andy From: andy@lightning.cis.ufl.edu (Andy Wilcox) Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,alt.drugs Subject: Re: Koop on drug testing in the workplace Message-ID: Date: 18 Jan 90 04:04:43 GMT References: <51002@bbn.COM> <5353@blake.acs.washington.edu> <650@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Distribution: na Organization: /cis/mosquito1/ajw/.organization Lines: 34 In-reply-to: dmcanzi@watserv1.waterloo.edu's message of 17 Jan 90 17:20:53 GMT In article <650@watserv1.waterloo.edu> dmcanzi@watserv1.waterloo.edu (David Canzi) writes: >If the people are unwilling to resist encroachments on their freedoms, >they will lose them. Wasn't it Truman that said "The people will get exactly the kind of government they deserve"? (pardon the paraphrase, I can't find my Bartletts...) I was unfortunate enough to WATCH this program on C-SPAN. As some of you may recall, Koop spoke here at UF recently (I posted a summary). So, I was eager to watch his performance again. As the original poster (Bernie Cosell ) said : "I'm shattered". I just *couldn't believe* the BS Koop was throwing around. One reported asked about the inclusion of Alcohol in this Bill. Koop replied something like "The alcohol user, impaired on the job, is easy to spot. Thus, there is no need to test them or include provisions for alcohol in this bill." Uh, Excuse me? My money says that alcohol causes the most "lost" work hours nationwide. Tobacco was not mentioned one little bitty bit in the whole nasty affair. It just stuns me, over and over, to see such numbers like mortality and sick time overlooked when counting beans for "the drug problem". And oh boy do I get pissed when I hear "my *GOD*! How can you advocate cocaine legalization when we've lost Len, John, ..." Sure, I'm sad their gone, but there were 1,000 funerals for cigarette smokers on the day their respecive funerals where held. >We are in deep shit. No shit. -Andy Wilcox (andy@ufl.edu)