Drug Testing

I'm one of two guys on the maintenance staff for my plant that has NOT gotten a DUI. Pretty sad IMHO. The most recent one to join the DUI club was saying that at his most recent drug test he was told that a new type of urine test was being implemented that would allow them to detect alcohol use within 4 days. The general consensus was that they were bullshitting him. So I came home and did some research. Nearly everyone says 12-24 hours. A place that sells detox kits said up to 2 days. Nowhere could I find a 4 day test. Anyone out there heard of such a thing?

This blog did start as a political idea. So here's the politics.

I have never and will never get a DUI. If you don't drink and drive you can't get caught driving drunk. I am still against drunk driving laws. We have lots of regulations covering how a person must operate their motor vehicle. If a person can stay in their lane, drive the speed limit, avoid pedestrians, follow traffic signs, and generally drive better than some fuck wit on their cell phone, who cares if they are drunk or sober? Yes, I know the statistics. But for all you people who claim to be all about less government, how is driving while drunk any worse than driving while stupid? Who amongst you has the cahones to say that we should put stiffer penalties on stupid people? And then you have to go in for an IQ test every week to prove that you aren't too dumb to drive.

And I still hold a lot of hate for Republicans in general and Reagan specifically for allowing work place and general drug testing as a matter of public policy. Being on drugs and being a threat to society are two separate issues. After all, Islam forbids the use of drugs INCLUDING alcohol, many sects even frowning on tobacco use. Some of these entirely way too sober individuals think it's a GOOD idea to kill themselves and as many others as possible in the process. At least a drunk driver feels sorry about killing someone when he sobers up.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.