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Subject: Re: Urinalysis...Lie Detectors...all
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Date: Tue, 29-Apr-86 01:19:00 EDT
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>...That is a factual fallacy.  Another one is that caffiene is not
>addictive "to most people".  Most regular users do, indeed, become
>addicted to caffiene, both in the sense that they become dependent upon
>its effects ("Sorry I'm slow -- I haven't had my morning cup of coffee
>yet."), and find it difficult to adjust to life without it.  It is not
>as addictive as, say, nicotine.
***

I confess, I was a caffiene junky.  10 to 15 cups a day, 3 to get
started in the morning.  I woke up feeling horrible, headaches,
dizzyness, general lethergy.  If I didn't get my coffee in the
afternoon, I started having headaches and nausea.  About the time
I switched jobs I decided to quit "cold turkey" and spent two weeks
"drying out".  I don't drink coffee anymore.  An extreme case, but
shows how one can be addicted to caffiene.  (Boy, it's a *lot* easier
to get up in the morning now!)  I should point out that the addiction
is *physical*.  I had physical symptoms of withdrawal when I didn't
get my cup on time.

Anyone who thinks smoking is not dangerous should watch my mother
try to smoke and drive at the same time.  If she has to shift in
a corner, the car zigs because she doesn't have enough hands to hold
onto the wheel.  Again, an extreme case.  Lots of people smoke and
drive successfully, or the freeways would look like junk yards.  But
the distraction is still there.

This is what makes this whole drug testing thing so silly.  The
idea is not to avoid hiring people that are doing addictive dangerous
drugs, but to avoid hiring people that are doing addictive dangerous
*illegal* drugs.  The motivation is political, not practical.


				Ron
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		Ronald O. Christian (Fujitsu America Inc., San Jose, Calif.)
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