Drug testing

I am reading a book where a journalist goes undercover to reveal how poor people survive on low incomes. In jobs she pursues, she often is drug tested before she is hired.

My sister once said she would absolutely refuse a job if it required a drug test to be hired (she is a school librarian). She said it was insulting and degrading thing to do to prospective employees. She concluded that if these employers can't tell by her resume and behavior at the interview that she is not on illegal drugs, then they have real bad people skills.

I agree with her and have never been through a drug test to get a job. I once was threatened at one interview by their random drug tests once you get the job. I told my prospective boss that I would flat out refuse to be drug tested even if it meant being fired because if they can't tell by my work performance that I'm not on drugs, they have a serious people problem. He laughed. I was actually surprised he hired me after mouthing off like that. I think it was the college graduate part that got me the job. How does a drug addict graduate college? Post later. Bye!