Aaron Houston: Help Us Stop Drug Testing

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[mb0039]

all drug testing should be illegal.

[marksusan1]

I've been fighting against drug testing, a civil rights issue, for years, but it's big business for the labs and the pharmaceutical companies who buy bundled results to add to their trials. Yes, they do this. that's why many of the tests are "proprietary" and they won't tell you what you're being tested for. There's also the lack of controls to make sure you're also not being screened for HIV, pregnancy, Alzheimer's tendencies, etc... which is where this is all heading.

[request2000]

@blindbox99 So you don't mind your "tax dollars" going to bail out the big banksters.

And to fund illegal wars and torture.

[ironhaas503]

drug testing destroyed my life. almost out of my money that i saved up. ill kill myself before i end up homeless.

[Chuckjagermeister]

Utah is a state that has a massively growing prison industry. No wonder. Prison is big business. Drug testing is big business too. Hatch, Yr not just an asshole, Yr a big time Bid-Ness-Man!!

[mrscot]

Hey Hatch! Your mind is already closed, now close your hatch. Ya self rightious #$@$###.

[themandolinmaniac]

Prohibition was wrong before (alcohol) and failed amid terrible consequences (huge growth in organized crime just for starters). Prohibition of other drugs is still wrong, and still has terrible, negative consequences for everyone (even if you're just helping pay billions for this failed policy). Therefore, drug testing is just adding more harm to a failed system. Why have more?

[chrisclement2006]

It is an unreasonable and unwarranted search.

[rurugby]

Good video -- important work -- absurdly loud intro and outro

[skunkyafgoo]

Drug testing is illegal in the proposed bill. The Michigan 6th court of appeals has already stated drug testing is illegal as a requirement of public aid. Also they are supposed to have a warrant before being able to search. Do you intend to persecute the unemployed simply because they are down on their luck? We all know good citizens could never be unemployed during a recession.

[davidhartable]

@blindbox99 Fair point, but the thing is we don't have any coherent reason to discriminate between someone who spends welfare money on alcohol or tobacco and someone who spends it on cannabis - you sound like you don't draw a distinction, and rightly so, but the Senator proposes to do exactly that. This is one of those cases where even if we can't have a law that is ideal, we can at least push for one that is non-discriminatory in its less-than idealness.