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Urine Or Your Out
Don Barnard Press Release
Tuesday 21 Oct 2003 Recent reporting of footballers and athletes failing/not taking a random drug test raises wider concerns. Anyone, who imagined strict rules and drug testing applies only to sports persons and celebrities, had better think again their. Don Barnard of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance said: "With the general softening of society's attitude towards consumption of cannabis Statutory Authorities and employers are faced with a major dilemma over how much influence they can have on an employee's private life." The government has led the way, for drug testing - Today many employers require applicants, workers, or/both to demonstrate the purity of their bodily fluids by peeing into a cup on demand. For defenders of liberty, this situation arouses mixed feelings. From the government's perspective, it does not matter whether this urological fixation is good for a company's bottom line. And given the meagerness of the evidence that drug testing makes economic sense, it probably would be much less popular with employers if it were purely a business practice rather than a weapon of prohibition. Don Barnard said: if it weren't for the war on drugs, it seems likely that employers would treat cannabis the way they treat alcohol, which they view as a problem only when it interferes with work. "I find it "bizarre" a criminal conviction for cannabis possession can lead to children being taken into care, people being evicted from their home, refused household insurance, have their driving licence revoked and their career seriously disrupted - including being effectively barred from some professions." It does not end there he said: "Despite a range of legal and civil liberties concerns about drug testing this practice has been increasing in popularity among UK businesses." A recent survey found: Nearly half of all UK businesses have considered introducing random drugs tests for their staff, The research, found that one in eight British firms now carry out regular drug tests on their employees, 44 per cent of companies had contemplated introducing drug tests, while a further 18 per cent are pondering whether to introduce the test as a standard part of their employment contracts - The research also revealed that 14 per cent of employers rejected tests, after considering the idea .. "Drug testing is invasive, insulting, and generally irrelevant to job performance said Don Barnard. "Why do so many companies insist on it..."Who benefits? CANNABIS Tests May Stretch Resources Xtra News, New Zealand This country's Sports Drug Agency is concerned it may be swamped with positive tests for cannabis when it starts testing athletes for the drug next year. http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,3882-2710441,00.html Reply to: Don Barnard Legalise Cannabis Alliance, PO Box 198. Norwich. NR3 3WB http://www.lca-uk.org donbarnard@lca-uk 07984 255015
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