Saw this on O'Reilly tonight, and it was something that has crossed my mind.
Just curious as to what everyone else thinks about it. Put aside the fact that people get medical marijuana cards for having a hangnail, and let's use someone with a serious medical condition as an example.
The controversy is employers and drug testing.
If a person chooses to use marijuana in the privacy of their own home, and they do not show up for their duties at work stoned to the bone, do you feel it is unfair for an employer to terminate an employee for having marijuana in their system, even though they might not be high at the time of their drug test, accident, or whatever reason they are tested for?
A person can be tested with the eye/inkpen test to see if their coordination shows impairment at the time of the test. A urine screen will show marijuana for up to 30 days after using it. You could smoke pot on the first of the month, and test positive for it on the first of the next month. The THC is stored in the fatty tissue of the body, and not easily flushed in a short amount of time.
This is currently an issue in Colorado, and Bill and Megan seemed to think the employers would win this argument in the end.
This controversy will also likely affect LTCH holders as well.
While I have always been in support of legalization on marijuana, but is there a way to measure impairment levels?
Just curious as to what everyone else thinks about it. Put aside the fact that people get medical marijuana cards for having a hangnail, and let's use someone with a serious medical condition as an example.
The controversy is employers and drug testing.
If a person chooses to use marijuana in the privacy of their own home, and they do not show up for their duties at work stoned to the bone, do you feel it is unfair for an employer to terminate an employee for having marijuana in their system, even though they might not be high at the time of their drug test, accident, or whatever reason they are tested for?
A person can be tested with the eye/inkpen test to see if their coordination shows impairment at the time of the test. A urine screen will show marijuana for up to 30 days after using it. You could smoke pot on the first of the month, and test positive for it on the first of the next month. The THC is stored in the fatty tissue of the body, and not easily flushed in a short amount of time.
This is currently an issue in Colorado, and Bill and Megan seemed to think the employers would win this argument in the end.
This controversy will also likely affect LTCH holders as well.
While I have always been in support of legalization on marijuana, but is there a way to measure impairment levels?
