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From: sappho@SRI-NIC.ARPA
Newsgroups: mod.politics
Subject: drug testing
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Date: Sat, 11-Oct-86 15:33:00 EDT
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On second thought, I retract my objection to the government telling
employers not to do drug testing.  What I believe is that anyone
(person or company) has the right to test people to see whether they
are currently intoxicated before allowing them to operate dangerous
machinery which they own.  E.g., if I think my employee may be drunk,
I shouldn't have to produce a whole lot of proof before I am allowed
to give him or her a BAC test before allowing him or her to drive the
company car.  There is no inherent reason that I can see that the
government couldn't allow that and not allow testing everyone to see
whether they have used marijuana at any time in the past six months.
I just don't expect a lot of common sense from the government on this
issue in the near future, and I doubt there will be rampant drug
testing unless they impose it.

Lynn Gazis
sappho@sri-nic
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