Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC

Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by danaliv on Friday April 12, 2019 @06:11AM (#19643519)

Depends on the industry and the class of job. In software and white collar work in general it’s almost unheard of. Go farther down the class scale and it becomes very common.

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by anonu on Friday April 12, 2019 @06:18AM (#19643546)

In every bank job I started in NYC I had to take a drug test before I started. Anecdotal... But white collar jobs still do it.

I'm also pretty sure most government jobs require it periodically.

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by koolba on Friday April 12, 2019 @06:40AM (#19643623)

I’ve never heard of a finance industry job that required repeated drug testing. Only at first hire time.

That also makes it kind of obvious that someone is getting ready to jump ship if they stop smoking marijuana for a couple weeks.

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by numbsafari on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:05AM (#19643725)

If your job requires a security clearance... random testing is a real thing. Same with the medical industry.

If you work in a safety critical, or security critical role, then there is randomized testing as well as pre-employment testing. This can be especially frustrating if you work as a contractor in those industries...

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by sametmax on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:23AM (#19643794)

Do they test only marijuana or alcohol, anti-depressant and cocaine as well ?

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by Simon_says on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:26AM (#19643809)

They test for illegal drug use. So, marijuana, cocaine, and the like.

For driving/piloting jobs, they might add alcohol, but only for a spot test whilst on duty, not general consumption.

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by sametmax on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:36AM (#19643857)

So it's not about not being under the influence of something impairing, it's about insurance ? Meaning you can abuse any drug as long as it's legal ?

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by pennaMan on Friday April 12, 2019 @09:31AM (#19644599)

Were you under the naive impression that those drug tests were for the good of the employees?

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by sametmax on Friday April 12, 2019 @09:42AM (#19644699)

USA is not my culture, I need pointers to understand.

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Re:Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC by mj_olnir on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:55AM (#19645925)

No worries.

A lot of our issues stem from our (mostly) Republican Party's "War on Drugs". I could give you a rundown, but the summary section from Wikipedia does a good job.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs

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