Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: DWW
I keep hearing about drug tests on Internet forums. In fact I never heard about them before I used the Internet save for some people on probation.
Is it true you have drug tests for quite a few jobs in the USA? Thats nuts. We in Canada have our rights ... "what you do at home we don't care about"

Can they not hire you for drug use in the USA? I can understand for certain jobs its not acceptable due to their nature (you don't want a nuclear scientist holding a big rock of something powerful to be suffering withdrawl and shaking)
For most "regular" jobs that is stupid
I *COMPLETELY* agree.
Drug tests are probably the most blantant invasion of privacy in existance today.
It boggles my mind how they are legal and how they even became legal in the first place. :|
Now, don't get me wrong. Any and all employers should have rules against comming to work intoxicated. That's a no-no any way you look at it.
However.....
It is none of my employers business what I do on my own time. Period.
PERIOD, damnit. It makes me angry that there are acceptions to this fundamental
right granted to us by our own Constitution.
If I want to smoke a cigarette after work, I can. If I want to have a few drinks after work, I can. If I want to smoke a joint after work, I should be able to. If I want to have gay sex after work, I can. If I want to dress up in drag after work, I can. If I want to go jogging in the park after work, I can.
WTF is the difference? All that matters is that I do my job as required. If I'm a good employee, then I'm a good employee, what happens after I go home doesen't matter.