Election 2024: Dark Brandon to the Resucue!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

I am under the impression that a lot of companies have just stopped pre-employment drug testing altogether unless the feds require it for the role that the candidate applied to. The juice is simply not worth the cost of the squeeze in most cases. I've had a couple of clients whose accounts I've been staffed on insist that I do it due to their company's policy (ironically not the DoD ), but the last time I absolutely had to test negative as a condition of employment was over a decade ago.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Is this likely to make workplace drug testing less restrictive? I’m so tired of states where it’s legal still disqualifying people from a job because of it. I thought that was always due to federal schedule

It's still not legal on a Federal level. So, you can lose a security clearance if you test positive, because technically, you broke the law.

 

[Jimjamesak]

It's still not legal on a Federal level. So, you can lose a security clearance if you test positive, because technically, you broke the law.

Same thing in the transport industry. I can lose my customs zone clearance for the same reason.

 

[Handyman]

Which is why the DEA reversing course to Schedule III is an important first step. If Biden wins in November in 4 years it will be gone completely.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

They really do need to come up with an "instant analysis" form of screening for Weed/THC/etc. No idea how the science works on this, but I feel it's gonna be needed before things can really move forward on this subject.

I've been saying this for years, and such a test has been in the works. However in Colorado, where law enforcement has had a THC field saliva test available for several years, they cannot legally use it as evidence of impairment because it is too unreliable. The field test can only confirm that THC has been recently consumed, which it seems gives them sufficient probable cause for an arrest. A blood test then has to be ordered/forced to determine if the amount present surpasses the legally-defined impairment threshold (5 ng/ml in CO, even less in a few other states).

 

[RaceBoarder]

I've been saying this for years, and such a test has been in the works. However in Colorado, where law enforcement has had a THC field saliva test available for several years, they cannot legally use it as evidence of impairment because it is too unreliable. The field test can only confirm that THC has been recently consumed, which it seems gives them sufficient probable cause for an arrest. A blood test then has to be ordered/forced to determine if the amount present surpasses the legally-defined impairment threshold (5 ng/ml in CO, even less in a few other states).

I didn't have any idea that things had progressed this far. At least we're in the prototype phase with this. Keep the development rolling =)