Potheads beware...

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Like Dave said, beer is legal, but you show up to work drunk you'll still get fired.

So if I smoke some buddha in my off time but come to work sober I'm good to go right?

I work with alot of dqngerous equipment on my job. No way I would hire a known pot smoker or anyone I thought drank to the point it impaired their motor skills.

 

[DiamondDave]

Like Dave said, beer is legal, but you show up to work drunk you'll still get fired.

So if I smoke some buddha in my off time but come to work sober I'm good to go right?

If it does not show up in a test, what can they do??

If it does, then it is on you and they have every right to fire you or anyone else

 

[BlindBoo]

Like Dave said, beer is legal, but you show up to work drunk you'll still get fired.

So if I smoke some buddha in my off time but come to work sober I'm good to go right?

You can still pop a positive 30 days after smoking some buds.

 

[High_Gravity]

Like Dave said, beer is legal, but you show up to work drunk you'll still get fired.

So if I smoke some buddha in my off time but come to work sober I'm good to go right?

I work with alot of dqngerous equipment on my job. No way I would hire a known pot smoker or anyone I thought drank to the point it impaired their motor skills.

But if someone smokes in their off time and not during work should be fine right?

 

[High_Gravity]

Like Dave said, beer is legal, but you show up to work drunk you'll still get fired.

So if I smoke some buddha in my off time but come to work sober I'm good to go right?

You can still pop a positive 30 days after smoking some buds.

Thats one of my questions about this, if marijuana is legal than it shouldn't be something they should fire you for if it comes up on a drug test right?

 

[Katzndogz]

Being free of prosecution does not confer a right. There is no right to smoke pot.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Your want for that buzz, even if your state says it is 'ok', can still get you fired...

Colorado Court: Pot smokers can be fired - UPI.com

IMHO, this is a good ruling... As an employer, you don't want people who engage in illegal activity or who are potheads... as an employer, if you don't want employees who choose to engage in detrimental activities, that is a right you should have

thats weird that they even had to rule on it booze is legal in all 50 states except a few dry counties.

 

[editec]

Your want for that buzz, even if your state says it is 'ok', can still get you fired...

Colorado Court: Pot smokers can be fired - UPI.com

IMHO, this is a good ruling... As an employer, you don't want people who engage in illegal activity or who are potheads... as an employer, if you don't want employees who choose to engage in detrimental activities, that is a right you should have

Sure..as long as I can fire people who don't get stoned, or who do any other legal thing that I personally don't approve of.

You know...like talk with a Southern accept or wear a cross or own a gun, or whatEVER I personally think is detrimental/.

 

[BlindBoo]

So if I smoke some buddha in my off time but come to work sober I'm good to go right?

You can still pop a positive 30 days after smoking some buds.

Thats one of my questions about this, if marijuana is legal than it shouldn't be something they should fire you for if it comes up on a drug test right?

I've been denied employement due to just smoking tobacco. In Texas. A right to work state. It's okay though I found a much better company to work for.

 

[DiamondDave]

You can still pop a positive 30 days after smoking some buds.

Thats one of my questions about this, if marijuana is legal than it shouldn't be something they should fire you for if it comes up on a drug test right?

I've been denied employement due to just smoking tobacco. In Texas. A right to work state. It's okay though I found a much better company to work for.

And that is the key.. their freedom to say they don't want you because of your actions and your freedom to go elsewhere to look for employment

 

[DiamondDave]

Your want for that buzz, even if your state says it is 'ok', can still get you fired...

Colorado Court: Pot smokers can be fired - UPI.com

IMHO, this is a good ruling... As an employer, you don't want people who engage in illegal activity or who are potheads... as an employer, if you don't want employees who choose to engage in detrimental activities, that is a right you should have

Sure..as long as I can fire people who don't get stoned, or who do any other legal thing that I personally don't approve of.

You know...like talk with a Southern accept or wear a cross or own a gun, or whatEVER I personally think is detrimental/.

If that is what you want to do because you don't believe in guns or whatever... I may not agree with you, but it is your choice to limit your potential employee pool that way...

You don't want a heavy accent because your customers have a hard time with it, so be it.. you don't want a cross wearer or preacher shirt being worn because your porn store customers get weirded out, so be it.. you don't want a pierced or tattooed person because your bible store customers get weirded out because of it, so be it...

but owning a firearm is a protected right, and is not illegal.. NOW, you can not allow even a person with a carry permit to bring it to your place of employment/business.. and you can say if someone is a hunter, talks about it, or has been seen on hunting videos and their use of a firearm to kill animals has driven away your PETA customer base, well I may not agree but you should have every freedom to rid yourself of that employee

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

So if I smoke some buddha in my off time but come to work sober I'm good to go right?

I work with alot of dqngerous equipment on my job. No way I would hire a known pot smoker or anyone I thought drank to the point it impaired their motor skills.

But if someone smokes in their off time and not during work should be fine right?

I still wouldn't hire them. My brother promised he wouldn't smoke during work so I gave him a shot. Within a week I had to fire him. I'm not dealing with the bs ever again.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Your want for that buzz, even if your state says it is 'ok', can still get you fired...

Colorado Court: Pot smokers can be fired - UPI.com

IMHO, this is a good ruling... As an employer, you don't want people who engage in illegal activity or who are potheads... as an employer, if you don't want employees who choose to engage in detrimental activities, that is a right you should have

Yeah....let's try to ignore the fact....the most-creative employees (typically) get "high"!!​

"In September, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a report based on studies by the National Science Foundation and the AMA showing that testing has been ineffective in reducing drug use and has no noticeable impact on reducing either absenteeism or productivity.

The National Academy of Sciences recently found that illegal drugs contribute little to workplace accidents and that off-duty drug use has about the same small effect on worker accidents as off-duty drinking.

And, in January's Working USA magazine, two researchers with the Le Moyne College Institute of Industrial Relations surveyed 63 Silicon Valley companies and found that productivity was 29 percent lower in firms with pre-employment and random testing.

Still, few businesses have abandoned drug testing, even though the AMA found it costs a company $77,000 to find one drug user by testing all employees."

No Conservative-Robots Required​

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[Mr. Shaman]

Great story, I assume by libs you mean lawyers. Moving on, Dave would you fire someone who drank, fought MMA etc

No I ment libs. The ones that tolerate abhorrent behavior while condemning everything else.

i.e. The people who UNDERSTAND "pursuit of happiness"....as-opposed to "conservatives", who are hard-core chickenshits....when the subject is calculated-risks.​

 

[ClosedCaption]

Your want for that buzz, even if your state says it is 'ok', can still get you fired...

Colorado Court: Pot smokers can be fired - UPI.com

IMHO, this is a good ruling... As an employer, you don't want people who engage in illegal activity or who are potheads... as an employer, if you don't want employees who choose to engage in detrimental activities, that is a right you should have

Sure..as long as I can fire people who don't get stoned, or who do any other legal thing that I personally don't approve of.

You know...like talk with a Southern accept or wear a cross or own a gun, or whatEVER I personally think is detrimental/.

If that is what you want to do because you don't believe in guns or whatever... I may not agree with you, but it is your choice to limit your potential employee pool that way...

You don't want a heavy accent because your customers have a hard time with it, so be it.. you don't want a cross wearer or preacher shirt being worn because your porn store customers get weirded out, so be it.. you don't want a pierced or tattooed person because your bible store customers get weirded out because of it, so be it...

but owning a firearm is a protected right, and is not illegal.. NOW, you can not allow even a person with a carry permit to bring it to your place of employment/business.. and you can say if someone is a hunter, talks about it, or has been seen on hunting videos and their use of a firearm to kill animals has driven away your PETA customer base, well I may not agree but you should have every freedom to rid yourself of that employee

That really troubling and giving employers too much power.

 

[tjvh]

It's an idiotic ruling. Can I fire someone if they had a few beers in their off time? Can I fire someone if they're on medication for depression?

What people do in their time off is none of the concern of they're employer. If they're performance slips then fire them for that. But it's idiotic to fire someone just for having residue of a legal substance in their body.

So you think it's ok for a guy to operate a crane or a train when he's high?

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Your want for that buzz, even if your state says it is 'ok', can still get you fired...

Colorado Court: Pot smokers can be fired - UPI.com

IMHO, this is a good ruling... As an employer, you don't want people who engage in illegal activity or who are potheads... as an employer, if you don't want employees who choose to engage in detrimental activities, that is a right you should have

So whats the point of legalizing the Ganja if it gets you fired?

That is why I said this who state legalization thing was nothing more than 'blowing smoke' (pun intended).. it is still illegal under federal law

Despite what your favorite Clerics tell you.....EVERYTHING is temporary.​

 

[KevinWestern]

Your want for that buzz, even if your state says it is 'ok', can still get you fired...

Colorado Court: Pot smokers can be fired - UPI.com

IMHO, this is a good ruling... As an employer, you don't want people who engage in illegal activity or who are potheads... as an employer, if you don't want employees who choose to engage in detrimental activities, that is a right you should have

Employers can do whatever they want. That's their right.

But it's my opinion that if they fire someone for smoking pot sometime within the last few months, they should also fire people who have consumed alcohol in the past few months.

I would like to see the stigma that pot is somehow worse than alcohol dissipate.

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[High_Gravity]

I work with alot of dqngerous equipment on my job. No way I would hire a known pot smoker or anyone I thought drank to the point it impaired their motor skills.

But if someone smokes in their off time and not during work should be fine right?

I still wouldn't hire them. My brother promised he wouldn't smoke during work so I gave him a shot. Within a week I had to fire him. I'm not dealing with the bs ever again.

I can't blame you for feeling that way.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

If they fail a drug test, I don't have an issue with an employer having the right to fire them, as long as its not prescribed for a specific medical condition.

Ok I am baffled now, weed is supposedly legal in Colorado but I can still get fired for smoking it in my off time? Sweet Jesus, if I lived in Colorado I would definently refrain from smoking until all this red tape gets sorted out.

....Or, put your OWN employment-gig together....and, let all "conservatives" work for someone else....by someone else's rules!!​