[microgood]

Funny.....when I was in the Army, I got drug tested at random. As a civilian, I worked at jobs where I was given a company vehicle. Drug testing was also required. In each case, they were conditions of receiving money...which was my salary. No federal judge or ACLU lawyer had a problem with it. Neither did I.

When you joined the Army you gave up your constitutional rights. When working for a private company the 4th amendment does not protect you from their requirements, it only limits what the government can do. And the government can only do it without cause under certain conditions, like safety or security.

Personally I think the correct solution is to eliminate the program all together, and I think the whole drug testing thing is a dark stain on our country brought about by the government creating a crisis from thin air. As I recall, it was justified on the grounds that planes would start falling from the skies and truckers would kill millions if they were not tested on a regular basis. Drug testing is a complete waste of time, and many companies have stopped doing it. In the case of Florida, the governor has real close ties to drug testing companies and that is why he passed the law.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Drug testing is still done at MANY companies, and for sure for new hires.

the main issue here is that food stamps can be sold for drugs and are...go ahead and drug test them IF you are getting Tax payor monies.

[GeronL]

Just make it legal to fire, evict, not serve and run over those on drugs and then we can talk about legalization.

[GeronL]

So when someone driving a big rig using drugs drives through a day care center, you would not hold the company responsible? Do you really think courts, civil and criminal, will ever only blame the driver? No, they will always go after the “deep pockets”.

People who use drugs should be confined in a small colony somewhere far away from society.

[Straight Vermonter]

When you joined the Army you gave up your constitutional rights.

Not exactly true. The courts have given the military authority wider latitude than that allowed civil authority. Military personnel, however, still have constitutional rights.