Small Town KS Embraces Big Brother

[palehorse]

Originally posted by: 5to1baby1in5

Originally posted by: palehorse74

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit

Originally posted by: Wheezer
If corporations wish to drug test anyone and anyone they have that right but then we would be in the same argument with different players. I don't understand why kids should have the same rights that adults do, they don't....if they want the same rights fine, but they should also be prepared to pay the price just like adults do.

Most places of employment make you take a drug test, and some even maintain random testing so what is the problem? Are you gonna argue at your interview that you feel that it violates your rights to take a urine test? When your boss tells you that your name was drawn for random testing are you gonna fight it because it is "not fair"? Not unless you have something to hide. If you refuse, clean or not you could be disciplined for refusing....is it worth it?

Is it because this was sanctioned by a school? Well let them put it up for a vote and if it passes then it sticks....I really don't understand what the problem is.

Why should you have to pee in a bottle to get a job? Can't they just hire you based on your resume and interview?

How long do you think it will be before they start checking your DNA to screen for people who might be high risk for cancer, diabtes, heart attack, etc.? You know those things are going to eat into profits and if a coporation wants to check for them then they have that right.

If they can make you pee in a bottle for a drug test then it won't be long until they will make you submit to DNA screening.

you bring up DNA, driving, and general living and are therefore missing the point: drugs are ILLEGAL!

THAT is what gives them the right to screen you, and that is what gives parents the right to sign their kids up for random screening, and it's what gives the schools the right to test the kids before they can play sports or attend a school function.

I applaud their efforts to keep the schools clean, because, once again (say itwith me boys and girls...): Drugs are illegal!

Posession of <1oz of MJ has a very good chance of becoming not illegal in CO this upcoming election. How do you defend your position if THAT comes to pass? I'm sure you'll find a way 'cause you did watch ReferMadness too many times

my views on the legalization of pot are irrelevant. If CO legalizes it, then it is no longer a crime..IN COLORADO! It will still be a crime in the other 49 states.

And since I live in VA, what CO does about pot has no impact on my life whatsoever. Will it snowball into nationwide legalization? who knows... the point is that it is STILL illegal everywhere else. Until that changes, schools and businesses can screen for it all they want. It's still a crime everywhere else.

now, even if it DOES become legal, everywhere, I highly doubt that it will be legal for those under the age of 18, or even 21, so I still think it's important for secondary schools to screen for it, just as they do for alcohol now! Yes, that's right, the schools that do urine screening also test for a legal substance called alcohol. why? because alcohol is only legal for those over 21, that's why. see where this is going?

 

[Kntx]

I didn't read the whole thread so I don't know if anyone brought this up.

So, as I understand involvement in extra-curricular activities is one of the best ways to keep kids off drugs. Now, having been a kid... I think a lot of kids who like to smoke the weed and drink the booze would rather give up all the extracurriculars than give up the partying. So to me the strategy seems inherently self-defeating. More kids on drugs, more kids drinking, less kids involved in constructive activities.

 

[judasmachine]

The only thing we have to fear is our children?!?!?!