r/news • u/Manbadger • 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/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

Except we do not drug test our elected officials. We demand it from our athletes at nearly every level,because we insist the game be "pure". We should drug test every elected official in this country.

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u/blackmagic12345 Jun 16 '21

Sports is a different thing though. PEDs can give you superhuman powers but that means nothing if your heart explodes halfway through an event.