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SereneDreams03 t1_jeb6wag wrote

This is good to hear. I rarely smoke myself, but marijuana can stay in your system for weeks, and employers shouldn't be able to restrict employment just because you may have smoked a joint on your personal time two weeks ago. Imagine how many people would fail pre-employment screening if they did this for alcohol, and it is a far more dangerous drug than weed.

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IncapableOfLaughing t1_jedgws5 wrote

It's meaningless.

They can test you the first minute of your first day and fire you because they don't like the socks you're wearing.

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SereneDreams03 t1_jedhtho wrote

The employer would need cause to drug test for most jobs. https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=357-37-200

It is definitely not meaningless. Even if some companies try and get around the rules like you are suggesting, it would be a whole lot more hassle for companies to come up with some reasoning to send one of their newly hired employees to go and get a drug test on their first day. Then, once again, come up with some bs reasoning to fire them without cause. That sounds like a recipe for a lawsuit to me.

I'm not saying it will never happen, but I definitely do not see it being as prevalent as pre-employment drug screening is currently.

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