Would The Govt Go For This ?

[Dee Sa]

If they did random drug tests on job seekers etc and stop their money if they test positive, then offer return of allowances after they go for drug counselling and rehabilitation, because they are definitely not going to get a job whilst using. Yes I am watching Jezza, I do so because it makes me feel good about myself !

[ummmm]

You need to watch JK to feel good about yourself?

[Svejk]

I think that was a joke, ummmm.

[scooping]

Why not tattoo them and send them to extermination camps?

[Old_Geezer]

Big Brother imposing more into people's lives. Who says a drug user won't get a job ? If the government couldn't tell without testing the potential employer can't.

Another slippery slope. Who is the State to interfere so.

[Old_Geezer]

Oh you mean the whole OP was a joke. I missed that.

[ummmm]

It's not a joke, Svejk, it's often said. Intellect and class doesn't stop peoples downfalls...

[Dee Sa]

jezza was a joke rest I believe the govt is not doing enough to stop giving money to people who have no intention of ever getting themselves in work because its too easy not to, yet people who genuinely want to work get penalised .A good friend of mine started work on Monday and he has been out of work for almost three years, he is over the moon and the look on his face when the phone call came to say the job is yours was priceless.

[kvalidir]

The thing is Dee Sa a HUGE amount of people take drugs, many of whom are gainfully employed. We are talking about Drs, Solicitors,teachers, people who work in the city, accountants etc. You seem to think that drug users are only composed of Jeremy Kyle contestant like people on the road to nowhere, deliberately sponging off the state. It's simply not true. I guarantee you know at least one, possibly a few a people who take drugs and you don't even know it. We all do.

[jno]

kvalidir is right

"An estimated one in three adults (36.5%), around 12 million people, had ever taken an illicit drug in their lifetime; three million people (8.9%) had done so in the last year; and 1.7 million people (5.2%) had done so in the last month.
Drug usage is consistently higher for young people than for the whole population. For people aged 16-24, 2.5 million people (37.7%) had ever taken an illicit drug in their lifetime; 1.3 million (19.3%) had done so in the last year; and 700,000 people (11.1%) had done so in the last month.

The survey also estimates that five million adults (15.6%) had ever taken Class A drugs, one million (3%) had in the last year, and half a million (1.5%) had done so in the last month."

That's from http://www.drugscope.org.uk/resources/faqs/faqpages/how-many-people-use-drugs

[maggiebee]

Why not - but I would insist that every member of the Government also take a drugs test. If they fail then they are out of a job.

[ummmm]

Most of the people I know take drugs. Most of the people I know have jobs.

[whirlyhurly]

So true Ummmm, it seems to be "par for the course" nowadays.

[Buenchico]

Taking drugs doesn't automatically stop people from working!

When I was teaching, at least half a dozen of our staff (of 50) used cannabis. I've also known teachers (in other schools) who were cocaine users and I've known several people in the finance industry who use cocaine. None of those people were incapable of doing their jobs. (Indeed, the only teachers I've come across who became incapable of doing their jobs through drug misuse did so because of alcohol, not through the use of illegal - but less harmful - drugs).

[Dee Sa]

in a way I don't care about people who are employed and take drugs if that is their choice though the figures shock me a little, I am talking about the ones who don't want to work and in a roundabout way we are paying for their habit.

[Svejk]

on the 'prison-camps' that were building sites they have regular drug(and drink) testing. Not to see if you're under the influence, just to see have you 'recently' used them. I must say I've never had one, and would refuse point-blank to take one. Not that I've got anything to hide(nowadays)