More Colorado Workers Testing Positive For Marijuana

[Teh One Who Knocks]

CBS 4 Denver


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DENVER (CBS4) - More Colorado workers are testing positive for marijuana since the state legalized recreational use of the drug.

Quest Diagnostics, who performs a lot of testing for companies, reported an increase of 20 percent from 2012 to 2013.

The increase in positive tests is higher in Washington state — a 23 percent increase — since the legalization of marijuana there.

Quest Diagnostics says this is the first time in 10 years that workforce drug tests have been on the increase nationwide.

[deebakes]

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[Goofy]

I am shocked :shock:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Why the fuck are they testing for a legal substance? Im sure people would test positive for alcohol as well.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Why the fuck are they testing for a legal substance? Im sure people would test positive for alcohol as well.

Because employers can still ban the use of it by their employees if they so desire.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Really? Can they ban prescription drugs and alcohol too?

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_24799683/employers-can-still-fire-pot-smokers-legal-use

[Hal-9000]

slippery slope time...up here they can test for cannabis in the bloodstream but the test isn't sensitive enough to say when...

So workers can test positive and a decent lawyer can have the test thrown out. Until science determines exactly how long weed stays in a person's body, the test becomes a negotiable item even after a positive reading. Example - a long term daily smoker may have cannabis traces in his bloodstream longer than a binge smoker who only puffs on weekends, even when the long term smoker hasn't consumed any for a few days.


and comparing a pot test to an alcohol test? If buddy is impaired on booze while working, I don't want to be in a physical environment along side him :lol:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_24799683/employers-can-still-fire-pot-smokers-legal-use

That is bullshit, then all the rest of the shit should be included