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re: I Disagree with Some of You Pot Smokers
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:54 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:54 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Henry Jones Jr I Disagree with Some of You Pot Smokers If you think Mississippi will legalize weed in any of our lifetimes, you're insane.
Mississipp has some of the most lax possession laws in the country.
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Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:55 pm to Cdawg
my point is that your home activities and vices shouldn't impair your ability to work as long as you aren't doing it on the job. you wouldn't drink on the job, so why do people assume now that weed is legal, everyone is getting high on the job?
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:55 pm to Upperaltiger06
Is that through a piss test or blood test?
So you're saying the employer could determine whether or not I smoked at home last night or that morning?
So you're saying the employer could determine whether or not I smoked at home last night or that morning?
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:55 pm to panterica
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A person smoking weed on their own tmie is a terrible reason to fire them. I know that doesn't change the fact that those are company rules, but weed doesn't make a competent person a bad worker. As long as they're not smoking on the job of course.
Eh, and a lot of companies know that. In the professional world people don't want to know what you do because they know it's probably some bad shite to deal with your horrible work-life balance.
But in any large dumb bureaucratic company, rules will continue to be rules.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:56 pm to AdamDeMamp
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the influence of marijuana
Under the influence is not the issue. I can terminate you for a trace of alcohol which would include cough syrup.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:56 pm to AdamDeMamp
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To me that is the issue. How would employers test to see whether or not an employee is currently under the influence of marijuana
Break open a bag of Doritos right in front of him...you'll get your answer
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:56 pm to Upperaltiger06
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Mississipp has some of the most lax possession laws in the country.
True but it still won't be legalized. It will be the last state to do so.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:56 pm to Cdawg
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Not that I'm against legalization but you can have a drink or to at home and not really feel the effects. I'm not so sure you can take a toke and not catch a nice buzz. But that's about all I got.
There are various levels of THC, just like beer =/= everclear.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:56 pm to AdamDeMamp
I believe they're using saliva tests to determine recent use that would be considered under the influence.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:56 pm to austintigerdad
Will new Orleans have more dispensaries than BR?
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:57 pm to AdamDeMamp
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So you're saying the employer could determine whether or not I smoked at home last night or that morning?
I'm sure they could but it would cost a fortune. I don't see many companies paying that type of money.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:57 pm to AdamDeMamp
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How would employers test to see whether or not an employee is currently under the influence of marijuana considering it stays in your system for a varying period of time?
In a better world perhaps this wouldn't matter. In a better world people would be fired/retained based off of how effectively they performed their jobs.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:57 pm to LSUEnvy
Cool. I'll have to read up on that.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:58 pm to AdamDeMamp
I'm not sure which they are using, but yes. You can tell if a person is high or not. The tests typical for employment are sensitive to metabolizes that have no known psychotropic effect....not THC.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:58 pm to agdoctor
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I just got back from a meeting where we are terminating people in Colorado for testing positive
Sorry your company is putting itself at a competitive disadvantage by ridding itself of productive workers over a trivial issue.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:58 pm to TH03
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my point is that your home activities and vices shouldn't impair your ability to work as long as you aren't doing it on the job. you wouldn't drink on the job, so why do people assume now that weed is legal, everyone is getting high on the job?
Illegality or "taboo" breeds subculture to some extent. It'll be interesting to see if legalization leads to less people making pot their whole identity.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 4:00 pm to Pettifogger
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Illegality or "taboo" breeds subculture to some extent. It'll be interesting to see if legalization leads to less people making pot their whole identity.
That's true, for younger people. Older people that still smoke weed typically don't put themselves out there or take pride in being a "stoner." They smoke a joint at night the same as their boss drinks his scotch or whatever.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 4:00 pm to Jim Rockford
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There are various levels of THC, just like beer =/= everclear.
Well let's be honest here. If you're taking a toke, it's for one reason though. You want that buzz.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 4:00 pm to AdamDeMamp
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So you're saying the employer could determine whether or not I smoked at home last night or that morning?
As of now it makes no difference when you used it. A positive test is immediate termination.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 4:00 pm to Pettifogger
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It'll be interesting to see if legalization leads to less people making pot their whole identity.
I believe it will as far as recreational users go. a lot of them have branded themselves to be part of the legalization movement. it'll eventually become a normal behavior as legalization spreads and people won't be as vocal about it.
I believe the medicinal users will still be as vocal for years to come and as researchers find more and more uses for it.
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