WHAT IS FREEDOM? The Unlawful Act of Drug Testing.

Good Afternoon, everyone. I'm fairly new to this forum, but not to the smoking world. My purpose for posting this thread is to get some different opinions, as I am soon to start work on my thesis on Freedoms, Human Rights, and Drug Testing in the United States of America.


A Little Background (you don't have to read it):
On July 3rd of 2008, I was arrested for "Drunk in Public" and "underage possession". These are in quotes because I was never breathalyzed nor did I actually possess alcohol, that charge was based on the fact that I was in fact "Drunk in Public" (though, denied a breath analysis at my own request) and would have, in that circumstance, possessed alcohol in my system. To make a long story short, the courts really fucked everything up and confused the hell out of me. When in court for the underage possession, I had already paid my fine for the DIP and that was apparently my admission of guilt. So, to "be nice" the judge told me that I could participate in an approved alcohol education class and complete 50 hours of community service. DONE. However, to oversee my completion of these things, I was placed on PROBATION which was not stated during my trial, that I would be drug tested or even be on papers. My final Disposition is April 17th of this year (next month). I recently went in for a drug test, my observer (from a window) said I had a small container. BULLSHIT. When I gave her my sample, she refused to accept it. She told me to come in the next day. Overwhelmed, that night, I had a smoking session with some friends, and I hit a perc bong for the first time- TOTALLY WORTH IT!!! Then, the next morning, I diluted and gave my sample. They sent it to the lab, so I have no idea if I passed or not, but my guess is that I'm fucked. Seeing as I have completed EVERYTHING I was supposed to do and it is all about to be over next month, I'm worried what this might hold for me. Nevertheless, I've been preparing to write this for years, so what a better time than now?

The Jist of it All:
Some pervert watches me urinate in my bathroom through a window, this guy gets convicted, BAM, he's a sex offender. But, my government grants permission for someone who I find to be a stranger to watch me urinate, while I hold the cup in a way so she can watch the piss go into the cup? This means that I must expose my genitalia (I am a girl).
Also, besides the whole "watching me pee" thing, how is my government allowed to tell me what I can and can't put into my body? I understand they can tell me what I can and can't buy, or what I can or can't possess. However, I find it against the constitution for my government to tell me what I can and can't put into my body, granted to me by a much higher power- the power of nature. Forget "decriminalization", the act of drug testing alone violates my rights as a human being, let alone being forced to urinate while someone I don't even know watches me? And if I refuse? Automatic positive drug test, 10 days jail time in my commonwealth. That should be against the law.

Where I Need You All:
Nothing official has been written about Drug Testing and Human Rights, which is why I feel so compelled to write this. Perhaps as a horror story to the free world and a wake up call to government. What is your take on my situation, which could easily be YOUR situation? How do you feel about the Drug Testing Policies/Procedures/Protocols of the United States?

I have refused to quit smoking weed throughout this whole process, and whatever I get, I get. I am a rock solid believer that DRUG TESTING FOR ANYTHING is absolutely WRONG.

 

This is true, if perhaps I would have known better in the first place. But to say that there's nothing wrong with forcing someone to give you their bodily fluids? No, I'm sorry. I'm not opposed because I can't pass a test, I've passed several of them, naturally. I find the whole thing to be a total invasion of privacy.

 

Haha, yes, a convicted serial killer would have his rights stripped. Serial killing is not natural, it's not something that only affects ONE person.
No, by continuing to smoke, I realize that I only subject myself further to the harsh ways of our government.

Here's the million dollar question, Sam, you are seemingly for a law change concerning marijuana, and since you post here, your opinion must be that there is nothing wrong with smoking weed. And, if I were to say that it's not nearly as dangerous as alcohol, a legal substance, you would agree with me. However, you feel like it's okay to have my rights taken from me for a plant? Something I do in private, without harming anyone, without driving or even leaving my home, sometimes ;P

I'm not entirely talking about MY situation, especially for my paper. I'm concerned mostly whether or not it's right to forcefully collect samples from someone, and more often than not, observe their private areas in some way while doing this. I'm sure you can't exactly disagree with me here.

 

Not that I'm unwilling to hear an adverse opinion on the subject matter, this is the whole reason I posted this. So, I'm not trying to sound irritated, i hope i'm not coming across that way.
Overall, obviously I'm opposed to the whole thing, but I do understand the purpose behind drug testing. For the mean, nasty, scalliwags that roll into courts all the time, I suppose you can't just let people be on their merry way, you must impose drug testing to make sure they're getting their act together, and working on being functioning members of society. Really, though, the drugs that are actually doing our society harm do not stay in the body very long at all. The average is a week including cocaine, heroine, meth, etc. The fact that those drugs can't easily be detected if the user knows about his/her drug testing defeats the entire purpose of trying to keep people straight when you only have to abstain for a week. This makes marijuana the black sheep of sorts in the drug testing world. With all this being said, drug testing is relatively pointless and only serves to give the grimey government more control in punishing those that are actually innocent, in terms of being alive and human.

If the drug testing stopped, what would really happen? Drug use happens every day, whether we see it or not.

 

and, to make a point clear, I'm not talking about drug testing for companies. A business has every right to ask you for a urine sample. If you do not wish to, all you have to do is decline. Sure, you might be out of a job, but there is no force behind it. I'm talking about mandatory drug testing by the government.