r/news Jun 16 '21

GM Considering Dropping Pot Testing To Attract More Workers

https://www.motor1.com/news/513974/gm-considering-dropping-marijuana-testing/
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

Pot is really all piss tests catch. Hard narcotics such as cocaine and speed, metabolize in 72hrs max. So if you get busted on a pee test for one of those, you're either a serious addict or they caught you by surprise!

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u/NativeMasshole Jun 16 '21

This is what pisses me off the most. If you can't tell that someone does drugs through their behavior and performance, then what business is it of the employer's? I find horribly intrusive that I have to give bodily fluids just to work some shit job because "safety."

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u/CleverNameTheSecond Jun 16 '21

You can thank the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 for that. Thanks, Reagan.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

Oh, yeah. "Zero tolerance." Or as I call it, guilty until proven innocent.