Met Chief Wants mandatory drug testing for all middle class

[Big Fat Frosty]

notice he never mentioned police officers in that
and would that include steroids
hmmmmmm
wonders who's arse this motherfucker is sticking his tounge up with this rubbish


Employers have been told to consider drug testing middle class professionals to help stem Britain’s spiralling cocaine trade.
The country’s most senior police officer said affluent workers are fuelling the £1billion annual market in the drug.
Bernard Hogan-Howe said many of them are working as surgeons, teachers and nurses or in other roles where cocaine use puts lives at risk
The Metropolitan Police commissioner said public and private sector employers should consider bringing in compulsory regular drug testing as a condition of employment.
He suggested that staff who test positive could then be given the choice between changing their lifestyle or being sacked
Speaking to the Policy Exchange think tank in London, he said he did not want to be operated on by a ‘high’ surgeon or ride on a bus driven by a cocaine addict.
Mr Hogan-Howe told ministers, police chiefs and business leaders that they did not know how many drug addicts they employ.
He said: ‘What could you do if you started some kind of sobriety testing in employment? Not to tell the police but as an issue of employment.’
Mr Hogan-Howe added that employers could tell staff: ‘You have got a choice, you either change what you are doing because I don’t want you working for me any more.’
He said ‘a significant amount’ of the millions generated by the cocaine trade came from people who had jobs.
But Phil McCabe, of the Forum of Private Business campaign group, described his idea as ‘ridiculous’ and an ‘intrusion’ into private lives.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1v6ubboNa

[Mark]

"He said ‘a significant amount’ of the millions generated by the cocaine trade came from people who had jobs."


you saying that not every person who takes illegal drugs
is on benefits, out shoplifting, selling stolen goods or laying in bed all day. who'd have thunked it!!!


these people really are from another fuckin planet to the rest of us .........................


lol, the Old Bill are rather noticeable by their absence eh ..........i wonder why that could be

[Big Fat Frosty]

id say the majority of it comes from people wit jobs
coke is too expensive for street usage
especially now meow etc are so cheap

and of course no mention of alcohol testing
did u know 1 outta 8 folks who die b4 retirement age
do so from alcohol damage

[Guest]

id say the majority of it comes from people wit jobs
coke is too expensive for street usage
especially now meow etc are so cheap

and of course no mention of alcohol testing
did u know 1 outta 8 folks who die b4 retirement age
do so from alcohol damage

The London Standard did an article about coke taking in London pubs. One of the worst pubs cited was the Archangel in Kensington W8, which coincidentally is very close to The Standard and Mail offices

[Text]

OP, a non starter. They'd probly spend months just trying to establish the definition of "middle class". Their stretched resources can be better spent targetting a more specifc group within the middle classes. A bit of fine tuning is required here.

[Big Fat Frosty]

id say the majority of it comes from people wit jobs
coke is too expensive for street usage
especially now meow etc are so cheap

and of course no mention of alcohol testing
did u know 1 outta 8 folks who die b4 retirement age
do so from alcohol damage

The London Standard did an article about coke taking in London pubs. One of the worst pubs cited was the Archangel in Kensington W8, which coincidentally is very close to The Standard and Mail offices

didnt the last met chief blubber something similar about actors and pop stars
soundbite internal politics is my guess

[Trapper John]

Just another example of the State working to control the people, again it always starts with their concerns for the majority of law abiding citizens.........and is always backed up by the smug, braindead millions who will tell you, "If you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide"...........their answer everytime they allow the establishment to stamp all over our privacy, freedoms and civil liberties.

[wutang]

The London Standard did an article about coke taking in London pubs. One of the worst pubs cited was the Archangel in Kensington W8, which coincidentally is very close to The Standard and Mail offices

Yeah Fleet street has long been known for its white powder use (if you know what I mean ) the pubs/clubs round there, home to the same public school journos that rile against drug use, have a reputation for it. Same with the City of London... the british empire may have run on tea, but the financial industry relies more on white lines (and hookers)

But hey, the rich and powerful are allowed to do drugs, its only the 'great unwashed' that must be protected from it