If California does legalize marijuana in November, would jobs still require a drug test? If it's legal, it will no longer be a controlled substance and there wouldn't really be a need to test for it, right? I'm asking because I start nursing assistant courses soon and I can do that job anywhere. I figure, if it's legal in Cali then I'm heading out there. I could use a change of scenery anyhow, plus the best marijuana in the world able to be purchased and smoked legally? Count me in. I'll just continue my education on the West coast rather than the East coast. The problem is that a hospital will obviously drug test. At least now they will. What if it's legal though?
i dont know shit all about these laws. but im taking a guess to say im 98% sure that there still will be drug tests in some fields, maybe not as many
yeah im sure really important jobs would require it.. maybe not some towns cops but secret service, or us marshall. yeahh drug tests for sure.
I'm curious about this, too. To me, it seems like companies have a right to make sure their employees are working sober. The problem is that the drug tests aren't focused enough right now and can't pinpoint when the person used the drug. We could smoke 4 weeks ago and still test positive, which is the problem. If legal, there shouldn't be any way for employers to deny you employment based on such a broad test. Getting high after work doesn't have the same ramifications as getting high during work. Such is the policy with alcohol...I don't see why it should be any different.
That's utterly ridiculous. A doctor can go out and get drunk to the point that he forgets who he is, go into work the next day with a hangover from hell and perform surgery or whatever other tasks are required of him, but we can't take a few hits, wake up and do our jobs stone sober? They should start testing for alcohol if we, the lesser of the two evils, are going to get our balls broken. What a load of shit.
Doctors can't come into work hungover hope you know that, you can get seriously sanctioned for that shit.
If you get caught. I know of a veterinarian who rarely came into work sober. That's ancient history, but it happens. People don't announce that they're drunk, hungover, high, whatever. And let me rephrase it. I didn't mean stop drug testing. I meant stop testing for marijuana, or disregard the results should it register in the overall drug test.
There will still be drug tests for the same reasons truck drivers and other types of workers cannot have stuff like cough syrup, alcohol, or other substances with a certain time limit of doing said job.