Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA

Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by jabits on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @05:16PM (#21643312)

I don't know where you get this, maybe start-up land. I have been a dev since the early '90's and all kinds of enterprises do drug testing. Most utilities, health-related organizations, defense contractors, transportation businesses and even many large manufacturers routinely drug test potential employees. Most only test for pre-employment screening, but random testing is still used in many places.

Most recently, three years ago, I was tested for a contracting gig at a Wisconsin power company for a web dev job.

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Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by astura on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @06:21PM (#21643754)

Sometimes I think startup land is a different planet, around here pretty much every company who would hire a software developer drug tests AND background checks unless maybe it's a really, really small company. Some even do the hair drug test instead of the piss test.

I've ALWAYS been drug tested before starting a software job. I've been drug tested working for the most benign of industries. I actually had a friend who quit weed so she could get a better paying job.

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Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by Analog24 on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:57PM (#21644887)

That sounds like a different planet to me. I don't know of any big tech company, let alone startups, that drug test. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case for dev jobs in older industries but it doesn't seem to be the norm any more.

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Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by tempsy on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @05:35PM (#21643466)

modern tech cos do not drug test

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