Personally, my point is...

Whether you smoke or not, you should have sense enough or the ingenuity to be able to pass. That's all.

If you can't do that one simple thing, what can you do?

To me, I'm not debating whether or not it's necessary or where it's most appropriate (if at all.) I'm actually in the boat for legalization of some kind.

But as long as testing is still being done, my point is: a pre-employment screening a very simple hurdle that shouldn't be difficult even for users, if they really care about getting work.

Dropping testing because people don't pass is just laziness and desperation on the part of employers. The guy/gal that wasn't bright enough to pass the test isn't going to be any smarter by allowing them to skip the test.

It's one small effort to show you can be relied upon to complete a task as asked.

I suppose with employment low (and turnover high in some industries) they expect to turnstile a lot of people regardless of testing. In that case, they're saving time/money on the inevitable.

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