someone posted at work to complain about the ACLU fighting drug tests for welfare recipients. "If we have to take drug test to make a paycheck, then they have to take drug tests in order to get FREE money which i PAY for with MY taxes." blah blah.
Long story short, it came up that the military requires drug tests. What's the reasoning behind this. I can see why private employers can get away with it, but how does the military get away with violating constitutional rights with piss tests. What's the legal reasoning? Poked around at google, lots of false positives. Did find this googly fun timeline thingy that... wow, it's fascinating to watch the war on (some) drugs unfold:
full: <http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=history+of+drug+testing+in+military+timeline#q=history+of+drug+testing+in+military&hl=en&tbs=tl:1,tl_num:100&prmd=ivns&sa=X&ei=l6nuTcWxOomN0AGFsPzdAw&ved=0CHYQywEoBA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=9589d0f2bb20ed2d&biw=1024&bih=679>http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=history+of+drug+testing+in+military+timeline#q=history+of+drug+testing+in+military&hl=en&tbs=tl:1,tl_num:100&prmd=ivns&sa=X&ei=l6nuTcWxOomN0AGFsPzdAw&ved=0CHYQywEoBA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=9589d0f2bb20ed2d&biw=1024&bih=679
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