Subject: RE: [drugwar] shootdowns "effective" in reducing drug flow? Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:59:19 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:58:09 -0400, Jack R. Lebowitz wrote: >=A0At 13:20 8/20/2003 -0400, Bob Amrstrong wrote: >=A0> >=A0>=A0On average Businesses don't give a damn about the WOSD . >=A0> >=A0>=A0As pointed out in a recent post , on balance >=A0> >=A0>=A0=A0BUSINESS HATES WAR . > >=A0Explain to me, then, why pre-employment drug testing is so= pervasive in >=A0Fortune 500 and other big business type companies? As a condition for government contracts , to be able to impress the public as a "good corporate citizen" , peer pressure , because the chairman is a Bloobberg . All sorts of reasons . Makes working for them far less attractive if your brain chemistry is not governmentally approved . But the difference between the market and the state is they cannot force you to work for them . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864