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To: bart13 who wrote (129612)2/2/2017 4:02:08 PM
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Roughly 10% to 20% of humans have addiction problems, and it's the same all around the world and it's been the same throughout time. What's amusing is you think addiction problems has something to do with our education system.

When I was young I was surprised how many attorneys and other well-paid people at a company like Chevron were alcoholics. Chevron only took action when the people they reported to felt their alcohol use was interfering with their job.

So attorneys would openly carry around their china tea cups down the hall filled with bourbon as they took a short break from their work. I once needed an approval signature from someone and thought he was dead - motionless with his eyes open even as I waved my hand in front of his face. My co-worker suggested I "try him again in the morning when he's fresh."

I've long since realized people in less tolerant situations merely hide their addictions better. Drug testing typically identifies people who have used drugs sometime in the past 3 weeks.

Hiring for a very responsible position at Weyerhauser, the CFO would tell applicants they would need to stop using marijuana and other drugs for three weeks before they took the mandatory drug test as part of the hiring process. He would then schedule the drug test for 3 week into the future.

It frustrated him how many successful applicants for $100k plus jobs would subsequently fail the drug test they knew about in advance simply because they didn't give up their periodic drug use for 3 weeks.

If companies tested for drug and alcohol use in the 1950s the problem would have been the same.
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