I’m astonished at all the sturm und drang this issue raises. It’s a pretty common requirement for a lot of jobs in the US. Don’t tell me that every other jelly here is an independent business owner, artisan, novelist, trust fund baby or anarchist.
Doesn’t anyone else here have a job that requires this?
Fortunately I don’t have this as an ongoing requirement, but I’ve had to pass urine tests for each new job (new employer) that I’ve been with since the early 90s. It’s annoying, and it is a ‘violation’ of privacy, but… I don’t have to take the thing and they don’t have to offer me the job.