All well and good, but what will you do with all of the chronically unemployed who won't pass the drug tests. I assume employers will still have the right to fire or not hire users.
What do you do with them now, and why would that number change?
/johnny
I almost put on that post that Trump could wait until he had restored the jobs. But you're right, they won't be able to hold down a job. And will probably end up back in jail for crimes related to being underemployed, trying to steal to buy pot, or for being bi-polar.
But we are easing towards that anyway. We've lost 4 states and DC. Unemployment will be cheaper than prison.
I don't like the idea that legalization sounds like condonment. But if Trump does use the money for education, then maybe there's a better way.
Time to try something different. We can always go back to locking them all up if it doesn't work.
I almost put on that post that Trump could wait until he had restored the jobs. But you're right, they won't be able to hold down a job. And will probably end up back in jail for crimes related to being underemployed, trying to steal to buy pot, or for being bi-polar.
But we are easing towards that anyway. We've lost 4 states and DC. Unemployment will be cheaper than prison.
I don't like the idea that legalization sounds like condonment. But if Trump does use the money for education, then maybe there's a better way.
Time to try something different. We can always go back to locking them all up if it doesn't work.
I almost put on that post that Trump could wait until he had restored the jobs. But you're right, they won't be able to hold down a job. And will probably end up back in jail for crimes related to being underemployed, trying to steal to buy pot, or for being bi-polar.
But we are easing towards that anyway. We've lost 4 states and DC. Unemployment will be cheaper than prison.
I don't like the idea that legalization sounds like condonment. But if Trump does use the money for education, then maybe there's a better way.
Time to try something different. We can always go back to locking them all up if it doesn't work.
What are we doing with the 93 million unemployed now?
I guess we replace them with illegal mexicans.
Some of them have been clean for some time now. Unless of course, guards are sneaking pot in. Depending on how much brain damage they accumulated before they got busted, they might actually be able to hold a job.
Ever been on one of these proselytizing pot threads? I expect that eventually laws will require everyone to smoke it. It apparently is the wonder of the ages, has no downsides and if you disagree with the Pot Evangelists you are evil too for denying people eternal life. Expect to see laws that protect pot smokers on the job, in stores, in schools.... they are truly the superior beings. Just ask one.
“All well and good, but what will you do with all of the chronically unemployed who won’t pass the drug tests. I assume employers will still have the right to fire or not hire users”.
People not passing drug tests here in southwest Colorado is a big problem. Walmart, for instance, can’t keep employees because so many fail the employer drug screenings and can’t find enough who can pass the drug tests to replace them.
I think that presumption is wrong.
If pot is legal, there is no right to fire or not hire pot users. Think about this. If there were a test which could tell if you had any alcohol at all in the past month would it be legal for employers to refuse to hire you?
Now I do know of one case where a large company got away with not hiring any smokers, but they had a legitimate reason. Many of their facilities were very large -- 15 minutes to walk to your work assignment from the nearest door. Smokers would walk outside to smoke, come back to their work assignment and leave in 10 minutes to go out for another smoke. No productivity at all.
Most employers will quickly abandon the drug-free workplace crap, and only go after people that exhibit impairment on the job.
The costs are staggering, and only stop a small percentage of new hires and random-screening drug users.