(05-09-2018, 07:18 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: I'm kind of on the fence when it comes to this topic.  I personally do not use marijuana (though I did so many years ago in my younger days).

On one hand, I personally don't care what people do in their personal lives and/or in their homes.  If someone wants to smoke a joint to relax after a day of work or while socializing on the weekends, I don't see any problem with that.

On the other hand, I have heard of and seen cases where people are smoking marijuana while on break at work.  This includes places where dangerous machinery is used and regardless of my personal opinion of marijuana use, a person should not be operating machinery, driving, etc. while impaired... especially on the job.

To go along with that, at the place that I work at we handle classified information and have to have a security clearance.  A person that can't pass a drug test displays poor judgement and therefor cannot hold a security clearance.

We feel about the same regarding this subject.

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(05-09-2018, 06:35 PM)rollerjag Wrote:

(05-09-2018, 04:13 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: I would be curious to know if businesses in weed-legal states perform more random drug tests to make sure the person didn't get "clean" just to pass an initial drug test to get the job. 

It seems a lot of folks are confused by the fact that just because a state has legalized weed, it doesn't mean businesses accept pot smokers. People who move to a state like Colorado don't seem to take that into consideration so when they go to take a urine test, fail, and are told they don't get the job due to a failed drug test they are shocked. Now they have no job and no money because they spent what they had in moving expenses. This has been a trend there.

From conversations I've had and what I've read, businesses in Colorado generally test more often now than before legalization. 

Anyone not researching for a major life change like moving and starting a new job enough to know about a company's drug policy are probably too dumb to do said job very well.

It would make sense to test more often. And yeah, some of these kids moving out there don't have a plan other than to "live where the weed is legal." What's worse is the guy with a family. I mean, get real. It's hard to believe people are that dumb or naive, but they are. Some think, "well if I don't ask then I can honestly say I didn't know." Yeah, plausible deniability shouldn't be your fall back position in these situations.

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