Alcohol and Drug Testing in the Workplace.

[brazier]

I don't agree with that political rationale, sorry, I hold to the idea that in practice all theories of social behaviour and methods of dealing with them that either reward or punish offenders (in the case of "anti" measures and "pro" directives with respect to health and safety, etc) will inevitably have failings, the reason being they're all trying to predict and clean up messy old reality. It's up to the individual to work out what to do, you can't do much to "cure" a hardened drug addict in a short space of time, nor can you expect those with a great deal of first-hand experience of danger to "chill out" over issues of keeping a workplace safe and healthy in a short space of time either. What you can do is agree that no amount of talk will change actual events, nor rules to forsee situations will be 100% fool-proof, the best thing to do is simply get on with it with an open mind, a firm sense of responsibility for your own actions and consideration for others', and pay attention to rules and measures that make sense, and be diplomatic about those which don't (until you can't take the wind-up any longer...). If I want to go out for a few drinks that's up to me, but with some element of common sense attached, don't get hammered during the week ....etc etc....and if I want to impress people with my thorough knowledge and implementation of health and safety measures again up to me, but make sure I do see the wood for the trees...etc etc...