i've been a heavy equipment operator for 40+ years and have been fired for marijuana use 6 times due to piss tests. four of these times my bosses commented that they hated to loose me, but that was the law. i've had oilers comment that i ran my machine better when i smoked than when i didn't, as well as some bosses. i've never been fired because pot effected my performance; only because "it' against the law".

now we need to put a stop to random testing in the private sector. employers expect their employees to clock out for their lunch break. they won't give up half an hour so the people who are busting their butts and making their company a success, can eat lunch. these same employers give their employees random drug test, that test not only time spent on the clock, but an employees time off the clock too. they are paying the employee for eight hours and getting sixteen for free. this is a violation of the fair labor and standard act. if an employee is not completely relieved of duty and free to do as they choose, this is still considered hours worked and therefore need to be paid for their time. hundreds of employers have ignored this fact and gotten away with it for so long now that it is seen as the norm and acceptable. they need to limit the time their test detect or be billed for all of the time that is controlled by their company policy.