Posted on 12/04/2014 5:37:59 AM PST by DBCJR
With marijuana legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington; decriminalized in 13 more states; and available by prescription in 6 more; there is a growing concern about driving and other activities while under the influence. Several companies are rushing to provide a breathalyzer to accommodate these concerns. The device is timely, since there is currently no way to verify recent marijuana use without taking spit or urine samples – a practice that would involve the collection of DNA and potentially run afoul of sections 7 and 8 of the 4th Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure.
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“I haven’t heard that anyone has been fired for smoking tobacco. “
You are 2 years behind the times. Many are fired daily for smoking. Just one examle is all employees of the University System in Georgia are subject to being terminated if they are smokers. Many more examples nation wide, with more to come with tighter implementation of 0bamacare, as the gov’t gets more involved with everyone’s health choices.
Had a Five Vegas cigar in you honor
“Our test is much more useful for roadside law enforcement, since a positive reading indicates drug use within the last two hours.”
While the Cannabix test does not quantify the amount of drugs in the system, as does an alcohol breathalyzer, Malhi reminds us that “…there are already 18 states in the US with strict per se laws that forbid any presence of a prohibited substance or drug in the driver’s body while in control of a vehicle.”
Probably work for that but edibles or maybe even vaping -- not so well.
Trend: You smoke? You’re fired!
Posted 5/11/2005 11:43 PM
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2005-05-11-smoke-usat_x.htm
Hospitals Shift Smoking Bans to Smoker Ban
By A. G. SULZBERGER
Published: February 10, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/us/11smoking.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Stephanie Cannon: I Was Fired For Smoking At Home (VIDEO)
Posted: 07/27/2012 11:50 am EDT Updated: 09/26/2012 5:12 am EDT
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-sunshine/stephanie-cannon-fired_b_1709915.html
The pee tests aren’t going away just because pot is legalized in some places.
-PJ
“The pee tests aren’t going away just because pot is legalized in some places.”
The dopers thought this would be the case.
There is a reason it is called “dope”.
The dopers thought this would be the case.
Says who?
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