03 Nov 2005
When the boss is a medical watchdog

How much of our personal sovereignty are we willing to cede to the Man? It's smokers and the overweight today: tomorrow it may be motorcyclists, gun owners and sky divers. Random chemical screens for nicotine and marijuana are widely used: how about for beer? Would that be OK? Eggs? Red meat? Where does it stop?

An internal Wal-Mart memo about screening out unhealthy job applicants raises the question of discrimination.

(link) [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories]

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