Nevada is 1st state to ban pre-employment pot tests

My next lobotomy will NOT be done in Las Vegas.

Seems reasonable

If you have any stock in urine cleansing products, better sell now.

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There are exceptions built into the bill, but an employer should be able to disqualify a candidate for any reason they want

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this also makes a lot of sense.

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but an employer should be able to disqualify a candidate for any reason they want.

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I don’t think someone should get fired over something they do on their off time in their own homes.

It’s just an a-hole thing to do, man.

Im not a fan of gubment telling me how to run my business

But the potheads of the OT will applaud this government overreach

And downvotes rain. OT potheads love govt regulation and overreach as long as they get their weed

Bread and circuses for the useful idiots

I'm for legalizing virtually all drugs, but this is stupid.

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The law, however, will not apply to people up for jobs as firefighters and public safety positions, including emergency medical technicians, according to the legislation.

When the Nevada Trucking Association objected to the proposal, the legislation was rewritten to allow pre-hiring testing for operators of motor vehicles or other positions that “in the determination of the employer, could adversely affect the safety of others," according to the law.

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DOT required testing has marijuana in the panel. It is required for people who work in certain transportation qualified jobs.
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/drug-alcohol-testing/who-tested

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Generally, all CDL drivers who operate commercial motor vehicles subject to the CDL requirements on public roads in the U.S. are performing safety-sensitive functions and are subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing (§382.103). This includes all full-time, part-time, intermittent, backup and international drivers.

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Also, people who work on equipment for commercial trucking companies, like mechanics, and people who operate or work on DOT regulated pipelines. That includes pipeline welders. DOT requires pre-employment testing. That is the reason most oilfield related companies test field employees.

Drug testing is expensive, so most companies don't do it unless they have to.

Seriously. Why not just have no law on this? If a company wants to high people who test for marijuana then they are free to do so. If a company prefers not to, it is just part of their company policy.

If I were a company that didn't want to hire people who tested positive for marijuana I would require everyone applying for a job to submit a recent drug test when they come for their interview (or is that illegal?)

That way, you can have other reasons to justify why you hired someone else.

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The government had no business dictating to private employers the conditions of employing its labor.

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The government started the irrational fear over marijuana and got us to this point where everyone is tested.

Seriously, there are jobs that are drug testing for marijuana that have zero business wondering about your after hour habits.