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- LETTERS, Page 8Testing for Drugs
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- I am surprised that federal employees object to drug
- testing for critical jobs (LAW, April 3). In my 18 months in the
- Navy, I have had my room searched by drug-sniffing dogs,
- undergone three random urinalyses and provided four blood
- samples. Since my colleagues and I work with nuclear reactors
- and multimillion-dollar aircraft and are responsible for the
- safety of other service members and the security of our country,
- I do not object.
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- Charles M. Oakley Groton, Conn.
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- The use of drug testing to determine the suitability of an
- applicant for a job or an employee for a promotion is
- disturbing. As a chemist, I know that these tests are not
- infallible. People want an easy true-false method to replace a
- complex decision. But to violate civil rights under this
- illusion is not only morally lazy but also an egregious misuse
- of technology.
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- Marca M. Doeff Solana Beach, Calif.
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