Re: dad campaigns to stop school drug testing

dragonlady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  Andy Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 07:39:36 GMT, Jasbird
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > ><http://www.news-leader.com/today/0909-Marshfield-158542.html>
> > >Published September 9, 2003
>  
> > >Jena Graham, a 17-year-old senior who performs in plays at the school,
> > >said the controversial drug-testing policy is no different from what
> > >she will encounter some day in the workplace. "It's the way life is,"
> > >she said.
> > 
> > This is the saddest damn thing . . . not to mention completely
> > inaccurate.
> > 
> > Andy Katz
> 
> Sad? -- yes
> Inaccurate? -- no
> 
> There are a growing number of jobs that do drug testing when they hire 
> you (including, for example, Target) and even more where you have to 
> sign to agree to random drug testing if you want the job.
> 
> I hated it, but when it was a choice between feeding my kids and not, I 
> signed the damned paper.  DH has had to pee in a cup for most of the 
> jobs he's gotten since he got out of grad school -- and he's a PhD, so 
> it isn't just the lower level jobs, either.

No - but the drug testing tends to the lower-level jobs.  Higher level
jobs are usually with the government - or companies that do a lot of
contracting with the government.  I've worked in the high-tech
computer business for more than 20 years, and I've never had a job
that required drug-testing.

Guido