Drug testing in jobs

Certainly got me clean for 3 weeks before the test ;) cannabis Is the worst 2 weeks to a month to get that out of your wee

My last job it was according to our contract ok for them to have us drug tested... I’m not sure what if any criteria might have had to be met for them to request / enforce the test but I never heard it being done...

funnily enough any Christmas doo it was mostly management of every level wandering around coked up...disappearing into the bathroom every hour or whatever and acting the cûnt.

Those tests are very easy to pass...I once was somewhat of an expert on that such topic...

To quash it? As in quashing people's autonomy as to what they put in their bodies? Work already has a monopoly on most people's time, why the hell would anyone invite the possibility of letting them dictate how you live outside of it.

Drug testing in jobs is, in my mind at least, a violation of the privacy and freedom someone has to live their lives. I have worked with the type who would go hard and heavy on drugs on the weekend and then come on and be the best consistent workers in a place.

I have also known lazy slobs who barely do a tap in work and have taken no substances at no point in their life.

All that matters to a company is performance and that can be measured in numerous ways without policing, to a degree, how they spend their free time.

Ludicrous, what next, full-on sports medicals to examine the physical state of a potential employee.

How's that "harshness" working out for them?

I wish I could test out drugs for my job.

What else were you taking? The best way to pass, is to muddy the waters so to speak...It has worked for people i know

This was a gp medical which checks for the byproduct of cannabis which binds to your fat cells a regular smoker would be hard pressed to be clear in 3 days , any decent gp would spot muddy waters

If it's brought in, I'm screwed. Heavy cannabis user for the last 5 or so years, and loving it. If I went cold turkey, it would take a long time for the test to be clear for me. But, it's not affecting my work at all. I've only gotten positive feedback and all boxes ticked for the top bonus/raise for the 2 years I'm here, and another one in a few months which I can't see any reason of not meeting (I'd actively have to harm my prospects of meeting "targets"). People I worked with previously spent half their time hungover, definitely still drunk a few times. I did it myself back in the day. It's not just accepted, it's nearly expected in some places.

So no, I'd be against the testing of cannabis anyway.

When I was running nights at a large pub/nightclub at one point half the staff were on Ritalin on weekends (not an illegal drug I know but illegal without prescription) and never saw such great productivity. Tills always bang on, service as efficient as I've seen and they needed very little direction during the night which freed me up to deal with all the other nonsense.

Not unless I've smoked within the last 6 hours, allegedly. The roadside drug test tests saliva, and allegedly it can't detect beyond 6 hours. If they decide to take me back to the station for a doctor, yeah, I'm fucked. But I don't drive if I've smoked at all that day, so I should be grand. I've an entire court case planned in my head for when it happens!

the small print states failure to submit to drug testing will be taken as guilt (in my job anyway)

I had a stoner mate who used to plan for all kinds of crazy legal scenarios in his head; What he'd do if he was hit by car (it involved him supernaturally surviving the crash unscathed, beating up the driver and then successfully suing him for millions), what he'd do if he was fired from his job (again, there was an element of physical assault followed by high-payout litigation), what he'd do if he was arrested for possession (you can guess). Fortunately, he never had to put his inner Judge Doobie to the test in real life.

Depends on the context of 'high' performers :)

Seriously, though, if they're doing a job and doing it well enough to be recognised, why world you want to drug test and fire them...?

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In practical terms, it would indeed be very difficult to do anything about it. But it could well be seen as an unfair procedure if there was a case - guilty until proven innocent.