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Re:Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last? by Y7ZCQtNo39 on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:21PM (#15749538)
Yeah, but a non-pot smoking worker (vs the pot smoker), both sober while on the job, are equally as likely to make a mistake.
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Re:Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last? by opportune on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:41PM (#15749768)
That could be true in a causative sense, but not a correlative* one. Not that it's ethical to do so, but by testing for marijuana smokers, businesses/insurance companies may by proxy be testing for other traits likely to cause accidents
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