andthebeatgoeson
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7 states on the verge of weed legalization (MA, CA, MO, HI, ME, NV, AZ)
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BreezyLimbo
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I wonder if Work places in those states will still be legally able to fire you if you do marijuana outside of work and they test you later on(even if your'e not currently high).
Very likely so, yes.
BreezyLimbo
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That'd be stupid. I imagine most work places would start implementing bi-monthly tests or something.
Too expensive. It'll still be pre employment screening. You'll only get into shit if they've got reason to suspect that you're high at work.
LostCaress
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Great times for gays to get stoned.
B1gg_Randall
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South Carolina will be the last state to legalize weed.
Anthony2035
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YES I hope it passes in all of the states. It removes a lot of people from the job market for jobs I typically go for <3. Federal Funding still requires drug testing. Thin the herd
It will take an uphill battle to get it to the federal level.
South Carolina will be the last state to legalize weed.
Not while Utah is around...
The Artisan
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what really shocked me one day is to find out that the majority of the governments around the world still have it illegal. I thought it was just the U.S. that makes me not trust government as a whole. holy moley.
how could nearly the whole world be this behind
direct_quote
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Put Minnesota on that list too..
OneEightZero
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Josh Topolsky posted this on Twitter yesterday. I think it's relevant.
The Artisan
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it is absolutely relevant. and fucking embarrassing. and shameful.Josh Topolsky posted this on Twitter yesterday. I think it's relevant.
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Well, yes. I mean, you can fire people for turning up drunk or smelling heavily of alcohol too. Why would marijuana be different?
water_wendi
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Employers cant fire people for being drunk because alcohol is legal. /s
You can do that with alcohol too so I really don't see why it would be any different. If I go to work drunk I'll get fired or if my supervisor smells it on my breath, same story.
Smelling it on the clothes can be a little iffy. I would guess there would need to be corporate policies in place. The smell can linger for days. I mean I could smoke 24 hours ago, and still have my clothes smell like pot but it doesn't mean I'm high.
Then it's a personal hygiene issue. If customers detect it, it's a public relations problem.
This is an interesting viewpoint. What do you manage and how do you feel about the people under you?
I manage a great many people who deal with customers on a daily basis, and I believe that their outward appearance and lucidity represent the company for which they are currently employed.
NobleXenon
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It would've probably passed in the conservative Nevada legislature but we were to busy passing the biggest tax hike ever for education. It'll pass easily on the 2016 ballot.
Marijuana users probably won't become a protected class if it is legalized so nothing should change on private companies discriminating against it.
This is the only thing that would bother me if weed was legal - drug tests. I understand they are necessary in certain situations, but if I smoked some dank on a weekend 2 weeks ago and hurt myself on the job could they fuck me for it? Saliva tests seem to be the way to go in this case. From what I understand it's only detectable in saliva for a day or two at most?
Well there you go then. It's no different than anything else when it comes to hygiene. If the worker is coming to the job smelling like pot then they need to be informed of the company policy and that continuing to do so will end their employment. It's easy enough to keep your work clothes isolated or use the drug in others ways that do not involve smoking.
The Artisan
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as others have stated, I don't think the movement of legalization is asking for the right for public intoxication.
I mean, I enjoy going to the movies after smoking, but I wouldn't do it going to work now - that would be so unprofessional and counterproductive and just wrong in every way.
hm, explain how this would work. would it be gone in one or two days?
even if it weren't against federal law you could fire someone for a positive drug test. i believe the only way this would change is if they made pot smokers a protected class, and i sincerely doubt that would ever happen.
Hawaii would be an especially hard sell, I think.
Back when weed was way larger there, there was an attempt to wipe it out completely as part of the WAR ON DRUGS, with helicopters and stuff.
After weed went away, then meth got a foothold in its place. Always thought that was sad, really. At least, that's what I grew up knowing.
Back when weed was way larger there, there was an attempt to wipe it out completely as part of the WAR ON DRUGS, with helicopters and stuff.
After weed went away, then meth got a foothold in its place. Always thought that was sad, really. At least, that's what I grew up knowing.
The Artisan
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but someone in this thread suggested switching to saliva tests instead of urine tests
CharminUltra
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If this happens in CA I still won't smoke weed, but my brownie consumption will no doubt skyrocket.
SchrodingerC
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No because the goddamn farmers and villages out voted us. Basically everyone in the middle of Florida was against it.
Chmpocalypse
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Limited? Lol ok
That is a pretty vague half-an-answer for two pretty straightforward questions.
Bornstellar
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I'm kinda ambivalent on legalization (especially since I live in a state where it is already legal), but weed smokers smell terrible.
The Artisan
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it's not legal
fuck yeah !
Now give me abortion
n0razi
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nah... it costs $200-300 to test... a small store with 20 employees is not paying $5000 every 2 weeks to possibly fire someone if the work is getting done. now, if an employee gives them a reason to suspect or investigate...
Rollo Tomasi
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I have a feeling Virginia (where I live) will be the last state to legalize, if ever. I need to move.
SO CLOSE I CAN FEEL IT
...even being in a totaly diferent country that is like 50 years away from legalization of weed.
But somehow the politicans like the USA very much so if you guys legalize we might change the 50 years to 25 !
water_wendi
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If there is a workplace accident, the person(s) tested positive for marijuana will be held liable.
The Artisan
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yeah, maybe a few states are closer to legalization. but it won't be acceptable in my eyes until it matches alcohol in legality.
No, it's not. Did you have this bizarre imagining that I was going to give the company I worked for?
I don't think there's a company that deals in customer service of any repute that would want stoned employees. It's straight up trashy, and everyone who replied to my original post seemed to agree.
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