[Joe Hadenuf]

Are the congress and the senate, public school teachers, and all local, city and federal workers, (other then the military) subject to routine drug testing?

[Just another Joe]

Some are and some are not.
It depends on where you are an employ and what your job happens to be.
CONGRESS? You MUST be jesting. Why would the dukes and earls of the aristocracy be tested, or held accountable, for ANYTHING?

[grania]

Are the congress and the senate, public school teachers, and all local, city and federal workers, (other then the military) subject to routine drug testing?

Probably not. I bet the argument you'd be given is "extracurricular activities are a privilege, not a requirement". Of couse, that's BS.

Nicotene? What's next: caffeine, ibuprofin, aspirin, obesity, too much sugar? The potential to get personal information about potential medical problems is not a good thing.

As far as individual freedoms go, I'm very afraid. Nobody should have to give up their right to privacy to be on the Track Team or whatever. And redoctrination classes? It's scary.

[Lysander]

Are the congress and the senate, public school teachers, and all local, city and federal workers, (other then the military) subject to routine drug testing?

If they were, it would assure the policy never changed. It would only leave the congressional jobs open to people who support and can pass such testing. In Georgia they have made it so a person has got to be paid up in his taxes to run. In effect no tax protestor can even run for office now. All office holders will be in support of taxes from now on.