My personal take on this is that I&i have always refused to allow Babylon to dictate the chemical composition of my blood stream. i'm retired now so it's hardly an issue, but when i was working i simply refused to submit to any kind of blood or urine tests dictated by my employer or clients. It was less problematic back then because i had seniority and the original conditions of my employment (at the same firm for 30 years) did not include drug testing (meaning that if my employer had tried to fire me for refusing to submit to it, they knew that they might be facing a lawsuit for wrongful termination).
I&i realize that the world (especially the USA) has changed a lot since then and is much more authoritarian, but it still seems like insisting upon performance-based employment as opposed to blood-chemistry-conditional employment is a reasonable place for a person to draw the boundary for enforcing their rights as an individual.
That said, we all make sacrifices if the reward for doing so is adequate. During the 20+ years that i flew as a pilot-in-command, i didn't consume ANY intoxicating substances, not for fear of drug testing but because i wanted to maintain my mental acuity at its highest level. In that case, the experience of piloting a high performance aircraft was enough of a consciousness-enhancing stimulus to me to forego the ritual partaking of ganja.
So maybe the job you have is worth the sacrifice, Rasmi. Only you can be the judge of that.
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