"gatt" wrote in message
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The discussion is, is the aviation community's drug and alcohol habit--or
lack thereof--influenced by drug testing policy; do pilots obstain because
of drug tests, or do they obstain because they're pilots?

Speaking for myself, I abstain because I think it is stupid to go around
poisoning yourself. I have never used drugs without a prescription, alcohol,
coffee, tea, or tobacco and I am not about to start. You could shove a chaw
of tobacco up a horse's butt and pull it back out and I would not think it
any nastier than it was before.

I cannot speak for the motivations of others. However, I think that the drug
and alcohol testing programs are a colossal waste of time and money.