Drug testing at work

[Castiel]

What happens to a person who is taking prescribe medication?

That seems to be a daft question me old mucker, as prescription meds are not illegal and any prescribed medication that the issuing physician deems to be detrimental to the employees ability to perform their duties within the law and required standard has to be reported both to us and in the case of long term prescriptions, the licensing authorities.

At all times the Employee remains legally responsible for their ability and competence to perform their duties to the statutory standards as required by their licence and contractual obligations.

 

[James J]

The same is applicable to prescribed medication, does your employer screen for that?

Its your responsibility to inform your employer of side effects which could impair working performance. Any half decent pharmacist would tell you that when you got given the specific drug in question.

 

[Vulcan]

Apart from the many murders and people trafficing and various other unpleasent activities conducted by those who produce said drugs around the world.

By making the drugs legal, you cut out the crime. Why would you traffic something that is legal?

Personally I'll stick to my idea, you take drugs, you go to jail. No pink and fluffy rehab or other bs, jail, end of.

Like America? I believe they have more people in jail than other other country, most crimes are drug related, including possession. They spend about $30 billion a year on the war on drugs, with very little effect.

 

[Eddie182]

And if they were legalized then they would be made by certified drug companies and such crime would be virtually non-existent.

Nope, those who already produce them across the world would continue as ever, and then to carry on selling to the uk market would just undercut the legal supplies.

Even if your utopia ever came to reality, it wouldn't solve the drugged up idiots issue.

 

[shoes]

Apart from the many murders and people trafficing and various other unpleasent activities conducted by those who produce said drugs around the world.

Personally I'll stick to my idea, you take drugs, you go to jail. No pink and fluffy rehab or other bs, jail, end of.

I for one don't want a bunch of drugged up idiots all across the country, the drunks are bad enough.

The only drugged up idiots we have across this country are drunks!

Yeah we have a few heroin addicts, coke heads but mainly alcoholics.

Good job eh? Wouldn't want those stoners on the streets picking on poor defenceless drunks eh?

 

[Glaucus]

What happens to a person who is taking prescribed medication?

You inform manager, manager prints out a sheet which describes drug and any restriction on your work duties. If you don't have form or you are caught doing restricted duties. Same as drug or alcohol, investigation and possible sacking.

That even applies to over the counter. Even asprin is meant to be notified to manager.

 

[shoes]

By the way - all those who are anti-drugs, throw away your music collection. Seriously.

 

[Eddie182]

By making the drugs legal, you cut out the crime. Why would you traffic something that is legal?

DVDs, clothing and many other things are legal, yet there are still plenty of criminal organisations out there dedicated to producing cheaper alternatives. Often using slave labour and/or even less pleasent activities to produce their wares and enance their income.

 

[Danthus]

The workplace would grind to a halt if everyone taking prescription medication informed their employer.

 

[mrk]

Don't care, don't do drugs

 

[SHEDDER1uk]

We have Alcohol and Drug testing at work never been a problem for me.

 

[Eddie182]

The only drugged up idiots we have across this country are drunks!

Yeah we have a few heroin addicts, coke heads but mainly alcoholics.

Good job eh? Wouldn't want those stoners on the streets picking on poor defenceless drunks eh?

I treat drunks with exactly the same distain. There is no difference as far as I'm concerned.

 

["andy"]

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People who take coke/E become vert spiteful people. I have lost a friend who died from E, my aunty also lost her very first BF from E.

id love to see news stores to back this up but anyway... alcohol makes millions of people horrible and smoking/drinking kills many people too. so whats your point ?

a look at the effects of E does not see any studies into it making people 'spiteful' either. infact its quite the opposite

 

[Glaucus]

The workplace would grind to a halt if everyone taking prescription medication informed their employer.

Large employers beg to differ, what is network rail 10000+ workers on such policy. Many drugs carry no restrictions on duty, many others only carry must be accompanied at all times. Which for most jobs isn't a problem.

Why would it grind to a halt your just talking bs, due to your stance.

 

[benneh]

I think that as long as companies designed a policy where you will face action and it would go down on a record that you use substances.

But then again most drug users don't give a damn they would probably never work in their life again if companies did random drug tests.

Almost every one of your posts makes me cringe. Welcome to my ignore list. Wise up brother, wise up.

 

[Danthus]

Just to be clear, I have no issue with drug and alcohol testing in the workplace.

 

[dazzerd]

The workplace would grind to a halt if everyone taking prescription medication informed their employer.

haha so true!

 

["andy"]

DVDs, clothing and many other things are legal, yet there are still plenty of criminal organisations out there dedicated to producing cheaper alternatives. Often using slave labour and/or even less pleasent activities to produce their wares and enance their income.

DVDs and designer clothes are priced so outrageously high that there is profit to be made. id argue that even the 'real' items are made by slave labour anyway but thats another argument.

don't you think drugs would be more comparable to alcohol/cigs ? both cheap to produce , both with big tax incomes , both not very profitable for gangs to make money bootlegging with.

 

[slambo69]

There are some valids points in regards to the actual dangers of illegal drugs, especially when compared to alcohol, tobacco etc. but, for me, its about the people who produce and distribute the drugs.

They are doing so tax free and in too many cases it costs a lot of lives and they have little regard for people rights if someone gets in the way of their profit. The taliban get to buy weapons from drug money, the dealers make the slums in brazil a living hell, the gangs in mexico kill thousands of innocents. Unfortunately that is only scratching the surface of the long list of the drugs trade.

 

[Vulcan]

DVDs, clothing and many other things are legal, yet there are still plenty of criminal organisations out there dedicated to producing cheaper alternatives. Often using slave labour and/or even less pleasent activities to produce their wares and enance their income.

You're comparing pirate DVDs to drugs? The money involved with drugs is massive, DVD piracy is nothing compared to it.

You're talking about slave labour, so probably outside the UK. With legalising drugs you wouldn't just suddenly stop border checks, it's the same with cigarettes.