Legal pot complicates drug-free work policies

[nervousone]

Moreover, this has fostered a culture of runaway intrusiveness, so that virtually every business feels compelled to regularly collect its employees' urine.

I think it is bullshit too, but the fact is the vast majority of major corporations are proud to be "drug free workplaces" and the requirement of drug testing in the future will likely increase and not decrease. You can argue against the morals of it all you want but the fact is that the culture of corporations drug testing is not going to get any less intrusive any time soon.

Some people are accustomed to it and need it to function at top notch productivity. Call it a subjective fact.

If that is true of someone, let them tell that to their employer prior to being hired. The fact is when most people who get hired they are signing a contract saying if they get caught with dirty piss they will be fired. It may be bullshit policy, but if you don't like it maybe you should find work at a less intrusive institution?

 

[Captain.Heroin]

It's up to pot smokers not to get jobs that drug test.

Furthermore, this is why I prefer California's medical system. It's against the law to discriminate against people taking medications.

Legalizing it and using it for recreational purposes is something that can be discriminated against by employers.

<-- is working and is not drug tested at all, and enjoys medicinal cannabinoids on a regular basis %)

It may be bullshit policy, but if you don't like it maybe you should find work at a less intrusive institution?

^ this

Companies will start to realize when turnover becomes higher and they can't find enough employees that it is time to change their ways. Nonetheless, drug testing is expensive, and eventually companies will also want to cut corners and save money any way they can. In America, other companies that won't waste money on drug testing will be more profitable as a result.

 

[nervousone]

Found this quote in an article and I thought it relevant:

All sides generally agree that if an employee were to show up to work “high,” they could be fired.

[...]
“I think it’s dangerous and does have an impact on safety,” said Swedish Medical Center’s Dr. Ray Jarris.

“Do you want to board a plane within 24 hours of your pilot smoking marijuana? I don’t think so,” Jarris said.

Many construction companies already have zero-tolerance drug policies. Owners fear the new law will cost them workers, and make it a lot harder to hire new employees.

“My men have to be very, very clear-headed. And not only that, they are drilling- and the work is dangerous work,” said Larry Gregory who owns a drilling company.

http://kdvr.com/2012/12/10/governor-signs-amendment-64-marijuana-officially-legal-in-colorado/