Re: dad campaigns to stop school drug testing

Drug testing is also tied to those jobs that require the use of 
machinery.  Liability is the biggest issue.

Guido Marx wrote:

> dragonlady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Andy Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 07:39:36 GMT, Jasbird
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > >      
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> > > > <http://www.news-leader.com/today/0909-Marshfield-158542.html>
> > > > Published September 9, 2003
> > > >        
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> > > > 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.
> >    
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> 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
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