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Pre-Employment Drug Screens Stigmatize Stoners Even in Legal States

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 03/26/2015 - 14:37

When I do a little research into job ads and their pre-employment drug screening policies, it actually blows my mind a bit. I don’t think any job should require drug screenings. I’m a strong supporter of personal freedoms so long as they don’t cause harm.

For my personal experience, I have only had to deal with one pre-hiring drug screening, and I opted out of the job before I ever even had to do it. A few years back I was unexpectedly furloughed from my job at a university for three months and needed to find something on the fly to bring in a little money. I was a chef for about 15 years and always know I can get a job slinging food when I need to.

I applied to a downtown hotel as a full time oyster server — basically my job would be to stand there and...

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