OT: Who cares about the election, more states have legal pot!

7 comments

• Subraman

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  8 years ago

  Something I've wondered: in states with legal pot, can businesses still do drug testing for THC and refuse to hire you on the basis of the results? Or do these initiatives come with a "no thc drug testing" clause? Wondering if you can smoke pot legally, but still ruin your job chances.
• mrrock

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  8 years ago

  Yeah my stupid state voted it down (AZ). Maybe in a couple more years...sigh.
• JohnSmith69

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  8 years ago

  California was the huge win. As a practical matter, marijuana legalization will now probably be impossible to stop. In most states you can be drug tested and fired for smoking pot even though it is legal. That might not happen in Calif, however, because it has more protections for workers than most other states.
• Eve

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  8 years ago

  Florida got a win, so that was a bit of happy news on our end! Only funny thing is people are asking how to get a card when they're in perfectly good health. *coughlikemyselfcough*
• shailynn

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  8 years ago

  I second what JS69 said about jobs and marijuana.
  
  The debate I've heard is some states are seriously considering legalizing it in some form hoping it would thwart their opioid epidemics which have become a real problem it certain states.
• Papi_Chulo

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  8 years ago

  Florida approved medical use of marijuana; I think that is different from what was approved in other states like CA where it seems anyone can use it legally?
• jester214

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  8 years ago

  Yeah Papi, Cali and the other places were voting on legalizing recreational use.