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1 posted on 04/26/2012 1:22:15 PM PDT by redreno
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saying the governor showed no evidence of a drug problem at the agencies to warrant suspicionless testing.

Since when did that become the criteria for drug testing? All sorts of government departments and companies drug test and I've never heard that they had to prove an existing drug problem existed. This ruling sounds like something that will be overturned rather easily.

2 posted on 04/26/2012 1:32:40 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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That's a bummer. By the way, I hold Gov. Scott in high regard. I met him a couple weeks ago at the airport and got my picture taken with him. I sent him a thank-you email letting him know I appreciated him taking the time to speak with me. I got a handwritten thank you note back (short and to the point):

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Pretty cool to get that in this day and age.

3 posted on 04/26/2012 1:34:47 PM PDT by Dan Nunn (Support the NRA!)
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In general, I've changed my mind about drug laws and find myself agreeing with Milton Friedman: that making drugs illegal does more harm than good. More people become addicts and die because of the laws than if there were no drug laws.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E3jDdNTFXE

4 posted on 04/26/2012 1:36:08 PM PDT by PapaNew
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Judge kudos...less government is better


5 posted on 04/26/2012 1:40:12 PM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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Yes, the Government shouldn’t be allowed to drug test people without reasonable suspicion, even it’s own employees.

This says nothing about private drug testing of course. Also says nothing about whether the Judge did this out of partisanship.


9 posted on 04/26/2012 1:50:41 PM PDT by MetaThought
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I’m of two minds on this. I despise the war on drugs and every manifestation of it. OTOH, let the people who rule over us feel the heavy hand of government regulation in fighting that ‘war’.


10 posted on 04/26/2012 1:53:55 PM PDT by Ken H (Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
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No drug testing (certain people), Exempt from the Health Care Law.....(certain people) ... Gee, It must be nice to work for the Government these days.
12 posted on 04/26/2012 2:16:20 PM PDT by Pickles911
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i guess that means no place else can do it either... please
17 posted on 04/26/2012 4:07:56 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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Every employer in the country is allowed, under law, to have mandatory drug testing. Even WalMart drug tests applicants.

But the government can’t? No - we can’t be accountable in any way.


19 posted on 04/26/2012 5:18:31 PM PDT by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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If they are going to drug test government employees, then start with testing the White House and Congress.


24 posted on 04/30/2012 12:47:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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