Posted on 06/15/2019 9:47:02 AM PDT by indthkr
(CNN) — Starting in 2020, Nevada employers cannot refuse to hire a job applicant for failing a marijuana screening test, making it the first state to pass such a law.....
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Know plenty of people who tried their hands at masonry labor, only to be fired for being no better than a half-trained chimp after they got their fix of weed.
Pot for escapism is terrible, stays too long in the system.
What’s next, legalizing Cocaine? Why not?
Zappa - Cocaine Decisions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ZAdpJ-ih0
Is smoking dope some mind of civil right?
Random drug tests are used, and termination occurs with a confirming drug tests shows recent use.
Random drug tests, not always random.
For unknown reasons, my name often was chosen.
I could ALWAYS pass the test, no need to lose any good young workers.
My boss had been there about forever and knew a million workarounds.
Once he sent one of my team, everyone thought he was a safe bet. He never returned. And he was a very good worker too.
—reminds me of Wm. F. Buckley’s comment that “the same part of the political spectrum that would make smoking tobacco a felony would make smoking marijuana mandatory”—
“But you can safely operate heavy equipment or drive a truck while smoking a cigarette.”
Agree.
“You are a hazard with the same equipment while smoking a joint”
also agree, somethings are not for on the job consumption. I would have a whole list of things not to be under the influence of
Alcohol or heroin or pcp or someone who has siezers or is a psychopath or is sick with ebola to name a few.
—he signed the “gun” bill yesterday—
What about truck drivers, first responders, security guards, railway workers, miners and anyone else in potentially dangerous jobs.
Like 80% of the construction and tech industry?
I don’t want a pothead installing my furnace or upgrading my electrical service either..
And lawyers are a constituency for the same purpose legalizing pot, so.....hmmmmm, I smell a plan
Will they have special pot smoking areas are will the two groups have to share the same space? /s
Thanks. I guess. NOT!
Many Nevada employers require their employees to have a security clearance. Someone who has failed a drug test cannot get a security clearance. Sorry, rules are rules.
“Pot for escapism is terrible, stays too long in the system.
For the occasional smoker/vaper, it is very difficult to measure any effect on behavior or mental ability after 2-3 hours, regardless of the level in adipose tissue. THC taken orally has a somewhat longer effect profile.
For the addiction or dependency-prone individual who likes to stay high all the time or while working — Don’t hire them, bad news.
So those who lost their job
due to testing positive
for marajuana use can now
sue to get their job back?
What happens when a employer
fires a underporforming
employee due to his’ being
stoned on the job? Pot
creates procrastinators.
Stoners now, stoners forever. Working impaired is never a good business model.
So, does the legislation protect the employer from legal liability for acts carried out by the buzzed employee?
It’s a quandary. Insurance carriers and agencies in Nevada, for example, will have a hard time denying coverage for someone with an otherwise sensible drug testing program.
I would think that carriers would just write around covering accidents where a user is involved leaving the company naked. The companies will then chose to find drug users by guess and by golly and rid themselves ot them just as they get rid of habitual drunks that show up okay on blood alcohol.
Surely this insane law will not stand SCOTUS scrutiny?
Gotta be unconstitutional!
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