[Sir Francis Dashwood]

The constitutional part of my original reply was based on drug testing being advocated and my objection based on the Fourth Amendment, which it clearly violates.

You don't think other people have rights in the workplace to be free of dangerous individuals that can cause them injury or death?

[microgood]

You don't think other people have rights in the workplace to be free of dangerous individuals that can cause them injury or death?

Orwellian doublespeak. In any case, our Fourth Amendment rights trump any supposed right to safety at work. It's the price of freedom. Besides, people who demonstrate dangerous tendencies at work can be isolated and removed. It is the drug testing (searching) without any probable cause that is the problem.

In any case, drug testing is actually on the decline as companies realize it is ineffective and a waste of money. The world is no safer since we implemented drug testing than it was before.

[dcwusmc]

"You don't think other people have rights in the workplace to be free of dangerous individuals that can cause them injury or death?"

If THAT were your goal, just testing for impairment, whatever the cause, would be sufficient. Say a simple test of reflexes and mental agility when clocking in in the morning. If you are impaired, NO MATTER THE CAUSE, you get sent home.

But I suspect you want folks tested (and busted) for ILLEGAL substances. Because you are a control-freakazoid, authoritarian busybody, am I right?