Random Drug Testing should be Outlawed!

Let me give you a little history. I am not a drug user. Therefore I have no reason for being against mandatory drug testing except for the following reasons;

• It is a huge invasion of my personal privacy.
  
• It assumes that I am guilty until I am proven innocent.
• An entire career that someone has worked for can be ruined by just one bad test.
• Why should anyone give a shit if I smoked a joint in my own home 2 weeks ago? What I do in my own home and on my own time is no ones fucking business.
  

My Father was a Police Officer for over 40 years of his life. The last 38 years was spent as a Chief of Police. My Father was as hard core and as conservative as you would expect an old school, lifetime Copper to be. But one thing my Dad never did was randomly drug test his men. He didn't believe in it. His men meant more to him then subjecting them to this humiliating invasion of privacy.

Now don't get me wrong. I don't want to see airline pilots, truck drivers, or anyone else in jobs that can effect the safety of the general population coming to work high on drugs or alcohol. I completely understand that but the key phrase here is "while at work". If you think I am high or drunk at work, by all means, test me. If I am doing my job and doing it well, then leave me the hell alone. Is that really too much to ask?
If I am a good employee and do not show any signs of being high or drunk then let me do my job. Why would you want to jeopardize my job and family's well being for a stupid, non-relevant test that is not 100% accurate to begin with?

If I get into an accident at work then I should be tested. But don't test me for THC in my system that was there two weeks prior. Test me for alcohol or drugs that are currently in my system and strong enough to interfere with my motor skills.

Just take a look around the Internet. There are tons of websites and products dedicated to help people beat drug tests. Not only has drug testing created a giant industry for the pharmaceutical companies, it has also created a huge industry to counter act those tests. God Bless American ingenuity.

So here is my message to the employers and drug testing companies of the world, If you want to invade my privacy and humiliate me, at least do it for a good reason. You should only test for being currently under the influence of substances. You have no right to know what I do on my own time. if you think I am high or intoxicated, test my breath or test me to see what type of intoxicants I may be on. If I am not currently high or drunk but a drug test shows past usage, tough shit. That is my business and my business only! It has nothing to do with what is going on today.

I can only imagine the number of people that have lost there jobs, never got the job that they were schooled for or were wrongfully persecuted for something they did in the past because of drug tests. That is a damn shame.

As you may or may not be able to tell from this blog, my life has been altered because of unfair random drug tests. I only admit this because I believe that I am a good person with a lot to offer any employer who would be fortunate enough to have me as an employee.

I really believe that it is politicians that are out of touch with reality along with the pharmaceutical companies that are pushing for random drug testing. The revenue these tests produce are incredible. it's all about money and stupid politicians that don't know the real story or don't care. After all, pharmaceutical companies have a huge army of lobbyists that legally grease palms and shake hands to get things done. And the reason that most people are not tested for alcohol is because it is legal and the assholes that require you to take a drug test is an alcoholic and doesn't want the tables turned on him.

I hope and pray that some day the world or at least the good ole USA will come to it's senses and stop this un-winnable war on drugs and it's citizens. Then we can move tax dollars to where they belong, Education, Mental health services, Strengthening our infrastructure and ending poverty in America.