Should drug testing be legal for the workplace?

[Kooky Spice]

Pretty ballsy to complain that the employer chooses NOT to turn you in to the police and use that as evidence to convict you, legally speaking they would be within their rights to do so. Personally I'd count my blessings that I'm ONLY being fired rather than arrested when caught in the act of comitting a crime. Call it an implied settlement deal. You get out of my place of business and don't come back, I don't take this to court.

Actually that is considered hearsay, also no employer can release any doctor related documentation due to the fact that if they had those in his/her possession the Doctor/Radiologist has just f*cked up big time cause that violates doctor patient confidentiality laws. The Radiologist is only allowed to pass on the info of weather or not the test came back positive, no documentation involved. Therefore the manager has no proof and only the justice courts can subpoena that info but only if it pertains to big case. Also just in case anyone was wondering it is NOT illegal to have it in your system just to possess it that is why the charge is called "possession".

Don't take me the wrong way there, I'm not saying the two are anywhere near equal in severity. But in this argument, majority of arguments in favor come from people who use these substances, therefore breaking the law, whose main reason for their belief is usually their own opinion on the substance. This generrally causes people to completely ignore the fact that it's still illegal; and we'll end up arguing about the legality and morality of weed instead of drug screening.

I don't mean to misunderstand or put hidden agendas behind what you say. I'm just saying that it would be nice to hear drug use not compared to such an extreme crime such as murder or rape or something to that nature.