Never said it made me better than other people. I actually have no problem with it. But I believe in certain jobs it's nessecary that you're drug free. I don't think a pilot should be shooting up heroin when he's going to be flying for instance.
When you're the only one effected and it's only your life you're gambling with, use, even binge all you want, it doesn't make you a lesser person. But when what you do is extremely dangerous and even the slightest mistake might kill hundreds, yeah you should probably be clean and clear headed. If you can't even be bothered to stay sober a few months to get clean for a hair test, chances are you aren't going to stay clean on the job. That's just statistically speaking (IMO, I don't have any to offer, it's more of just common sense).
What I will be doing poses a VERY really risk to others than just me. I quite honestly wouldn't want to be working beside an unpredictable drug user in that occupation.
I don't necessarily agree drug testing should be legal in a lot of professions it is, but this particular one, hell yes it should be. When you're handling materials that can give people lethal doses of radiation in just seconds or minutes if you fuck up, it SHOULD be a requirement. And the problem with accidents in this field is they are never readily apparent. They really only become known when someone is on their death bed in days after your fuck up. There's nothing to really be done at that point either. It is a VERY dangerous job, not just for you, but all those around you as well.
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