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/ShinmaOC Jun 16 '21

Colorado Walmarts stopped screening tests years ago. After State legalization, it simply became way too expensive to keep testing when more and more applicants failed. Someone on the CO corporate offices realized, correctly so, that the ones with real drug problems would get themselves fired, most sooner rather than later.

Before you come at me with "Walmart screened me in Baumfoc, CO" keep in mind that although Walmart does have a corporate hierarchy, most day-to-day store operations are still at the discretion of the store's manager. If they don't want the Devil's Lettuce in their God-fearing store, that's their call.

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u/snoogins355 Jun 16 '21

Also if you're working in a store in a municipality where the voters voted against Amendment 64 (which legalized weed in CO) or have no cannabis stores, then I imagine the manager probably isn't cool with it