by National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

About the author: The Washington, D.C.–based National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) advocates the legalization of marijuana.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons . . . against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause. —The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

We would be appalled at the spectre of the police spying on employees during their free time and then reporting their activities to their employers. Drug testing is a form of surveillance, albeit a technological one. Nonetheless, it reports on a person’s off-duty activities just as surely as if someone had been present and watching. It is George Orwell’s Big Brother...