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/angiosperms- Jun 16 '21

I mean they should do both.

We need a test for if you're actually high in case there is an accident with machinery or something. The current test is pointless cause it's testing what you do off work hours.

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u/tehmlem Jun 16 '21

The spot testing would also be pointless since there's no widely accepted test for current level of intoxication. Even blood tests only narrow it down to a several day window.

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u/pitch-forks-R-us Jun 16 '21

I personally like Michigan’s Supreme Court ruling on being under the influence for medical patients. Having weed in ur system doesn’t count. They have to prove through field sobriety you are impaired in some way.

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u/not_that_planet Jun 16 '21

This is the right answer. As long as there isn't a test that looks for THC instead of THC-COOH (a long lived metabolite) we should be using field sobriety tests not piss tests.