In an interview some time back, the interviewer mentioned drug testing. I replied, "Do I get a bottle of the HR manager's urine in return?" They were a bit flustered. "How do I know my superiors aren't stoned?"
I let him twist a bit and then took my leave.
Absent real public safety or other liability concerns, control freaks like this can pound sand.
"In states where testing is allowed, applicants must consent to submit to nicotine screening in the future to be considered."
And you are aware that there are nicotine delivery methods that do not involve cigarettes?
They want their employees to be drug free
I do not belong to my employer. Maybe you're comfortable ransoming your bodily fluids in order to labor for others, but I refuse to do humiliating things that model one-way power dynamics for a right to work.
And until you show me how getting stoned offers a competitive performance advantage to truck rental clerks, athletes are utterly irrelevant. More on-point comparisons include prisoners and children.