TazerLazer t1_jd4wnom wrote on March 21, 2023 at 9:19 PM

Reply to comment by Synasaur in WA House Committee Votes to Protect Marijuana Users From Discrimination When Job Hunting by GivenAllTheFucksSry

People are impaired when they take mind altering substances. An employer can fire you for coming into work drunk, and I don't see why coming in to work high should be any different. That being said, I do think it's a bit silly for an employer to weight being a weed user any differently than being a drinker. But... it's not like employers don't take drinking habits into account when making hiring decisions. If you tell your employer about how you like to party on the weekend and get smashed all the time, they are well within their right to not offer you the job. I'm not sure why they should be required to treat alternate drug use differently.

Synasaur t1_jd5463f wrote on March 21, 2023 at 10:08 PM

Drug tests show positive even when the person isn’t impaired is the problem. What you do outside of work, on private property, is not any of your employees business.

shponglespore t1_jd6mh18 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:22 AM

For one thing it's different because there is absolutely no test that can determine whether an individual is high.