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Funny.....when I was in the Army, I got drug tested at random. As a civilian, I worked at jobs where I was given a company vehicle. Drug testing was also required. In each case, they were conditions of receiving money...which was my salary. No federal judge or ACLU lawyer had a problem with it. Neither did I.

When you joined the Army you gave up your constitutional rights. When working for a private company the 4th amendment does not protect you from their requirements, it only limits what the government can do. And the government can only do it without cause under certain conditions, like safety or security.

Personally I think the correct solution is to eliminate the program all together, and I think the whole drug testing thing is a dark stain on our country brought about by the government creating a crisis from thin air. As I recall, it was justified on the grounds that planes would start falling from the skies and truckers would kill millions if they were not tested on a regular basis. Drug testing is a complete waste of time, and many companies have stopped doing it. In the case of Florida, the governor has real close ties to drug testing companies and that is why he passed the law.