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I think there are two reasons for drug testing.

1. One as a pre-employment screening, and I think that’s what the article is looking at, with the argument that marijuana is becoming like alcohol use.

However the MAIN REASON for an employer to test for drugs including marijuana, and maybe the only reason, is to negate an injury if it occurs while the person is using.

AND I KNOW, I CAN HEAR EVERYONE NOW SAYING JUST BECAUSE THERE’S MARIJUANA IN SOMEONE’S URINE AFTER HE’S CHOPPED HIS FINGER OFF, DOESN’T MEAN HE WAS IMPAIRED.

In the real world, the Worker’s Comp Carrier will fight the case hard and will win it. At least here in Georgia.

41 posted on 01/04/2019 11:21:31 AM PST by nikos1121 (The Patriot is a scarce man. The timid join him only when his cause succeeds, Mark Twain)

However the MAIN REASON for an employer to test for drugs including marijuana, and maybe the only reason, is to negate an injury if it occurs while the person is using.

So why is the impairing drug alcohol rarely if ever tested for?

45 posted on 01/04/2019 11:23:53 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")

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