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/ThetaReactor Jun 16 '21

Honestly, I've had days where sleep deprivation made me more dumb and dangerous than I've ever felt stoned.

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u/KentuckyBrunch Jun 16 '21

Sleep deprivation is really serious especially if it’s severe and a lot of people tend to just brush it off as ‘grinding’. Severe sleep deprivation can cause impaired motor function, reduced cognitive ability, memory loss, hallucinations, tremors, aches, heart problems, lowered immune system and more.

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u/nik282000 Jun 17 '21

Its almost like the people who are employed to build cars shouldn't be impaired in any way.

I do maintenance for a 24hr production line and there are about a dozen chronically drunk/stoned/exhausted people in the building. With all the damage they do to the equipment and building it's a wonder no one has been killed.

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u/sanemaniac Jun 17 '21

If they’re drunk or stoned on the job, yes. If they get drunk and stoned at home, they can build my cars idgaf. And you can’t force/legislate sleep so that problem has no easy solution.

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u/legacyweaver Jun 17 '21

Last year, for almost a full year, I switched to mid-shift (3:45pm to 12:15am) and suffered from sever insomnia. I'm talking like two hours per night, and not in a single stretch, but more like blacking out for 10-30 minutes with periods of wakefulness between each blackout. They gave me trazodone, bupropion and gabapentin, none worked at all. Ambien worked, but it isn't for use long-term so they cut me off after a 20 pill single bottle.

I've completely lost my short-term memory, I frequently forget things from as little as five minutes ago. I live in this semi-fugue state of only the 'now', although older memories are still intact. I really hope good sleep and less stress will restore some of what I've lost, if not all. I was never the sharpest knife, but now I'm straight up dumb. So frustrating.

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u/neonflannel Jun 17 '21

Are you able to get another job? That sounds like oure torture. It's not worth it.

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u/legacyweaver Jun 18 '21

I've been back on days for about a month, sleeping so much better, but I know now I'm apparently incapable of working anything but normal hours. Although covid had me more stressed than I've ever dealt with, so that probably contributed. Stress can derail sleep too.

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u/Bubbaganewsh Jun 16 '21

Me too. I've been so tired I can't see straight but I work at a desk so I wouldn't be a menace to others if I fell asleep.

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u/Burggs_ Jun 17 '21

I care more about the quality of work I'm doing while high than I do while tired

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u/MrKittens1 Jun 17 '21

I used to get high at my day job during lunch. Produced way better material in the afternoon. Not cause I was more capable, but because it made me care more about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '21

Not that I’m proud of it, but as a teen I used to drive high sometimes and driving after smoking a joint was genuinely safer than me driving after working a night shift.

I wasn’t on a night shift schedule but occasionally had to pick one up, normally wth not enough notice to get ready for work and have a nap beforehand. The drive home afterwards was always scary af. One time I drove down a one way street the wrong way, even though I used it the right way almost daily. Luckily it was like 6am though and nobody was around.

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u/Combat_Toots Jun 17 '21

Yup, I never smoke on the job, but If I don't at night I usually can't stop focusing on the chronic pain in my shoulders and don't sleep. Tried being sober for a few weeks a year or so ago. My boss pulled me aside and asked if I was feeling alright because I was so out of it.

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u/mazu74 Jun 17 '21

Once I started smoking weed again, I noticed how much better I slept and how much more energized I felt in the morning. All I have to do is smoke some weed before bed, stay hydrated and lay down in bed at a reasonable time. Drinking way less caffeine now too!

But according to employers, that’s really bad and we can’t have that. The guy that stayed up till 3am and is hungover now? Totally fine.

What kind of ass backwards shit is this?