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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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The place I work will fire you on the spot if you test positive for marijuana. Marijuana is legal in this state. If I smoke on the weekend, and then test positive on Wednesday, I lose my job.
However, if I get ripple-dee-doo-dah shit-faced Tuesday night, come in on Wednesday miserably hung over, I'll pass that piss test. And still be more impaired than I would be from that joint I had Saturday night.
As a long time stoner, I agree that we are targeted more than nonusers simply because THC hangs out in the body a lot longer than other drugs. It would take me months to piss clean just so I could get a job at something like Family Dollar. It doesn't matter if I was a drunk or did an 8 ball of coke a few days ago because that wouldn't show up in a drug test.
Just because a drug is legal doesn't mean it shouldn't be tested for in scenarios where that is applicable. Many jobs do in fact test for alcohol.
I wouldn't want my bus driver under the influence of anything (preferably not even sleep deprivation), but honestly couldn't give less of a shit if the cashier was high out of their mind, so long as they do their job. Some jobs are more gray area. For instance, a chef or fast food worker fucking up could mean someone dying from anaphylactic shock.
Yeah but the half life for alcohol is way shorter than weed.
Even worse, alcohol is "zero order kinetics" meaning there is no halving, it gets fully metabolized in a given timespan.