| Euphoria14 said: Crazy thoughts are running through my head right now and it's mainly because the CEO of the aerospace company I work for told us today that they are going to begin drug testing. Now this sucks for one BIG reason, and that is that I am a regular marijuana smoker. I only smoke after work and at home and this is mainly just my way of unwinding. Some people drink, but I smoke because smoking pot is a whole lot better than smoking cigarettes or drinking alchohol and neither of which I do anymore. 2+ years without a cigarette, i'm damn proud. Did it cold turkey, but only because I was smoking pot. Well, this is my last time. Just got finished smoking a nice bowl. After tonight it's goodbye. Until of course people see that there is no reason not to and just legalize it already.
Anyways, some of you are clearly for or clearly against the legalization and/or use of marijuana. What I want to know is would you be willing to give in and legalize it if the trade off was illegalizing tobacco and alchohol? I know I would. |
While personally I am agnostic about the legalization of Marijuana, meaning I don't care either way, I do think that even if/when/where it is legal NO company should be forced to hire those who make use of it. Especially in certain types of professions that require that people be awake, aware and alert during work operations like military or public service, heavy machinery operation and definitely an aerospace outfit where mistakes (assuming you are a machinist or engineer) could lead to a lapse in safety on the job or in the final product where peoples lives would be at rick.
That said I think ANY employer should be allowed to hire based on whether they agree with your use of drugs/alcohol even if it is inconsequental to work place safety i.e. personal objections. If a locality votes to legalize the use of Marijuana, great smoke it up. But no one should be forced to hire you if they themselves don't like the use of drugs or if it could affect your awareness and compromise the safety of others.
