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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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