Marijuana on the job

[ultrarunner]

I agree with you completely, if they were using recreational MJ. My concern is the use of CBD products that can cause false positives on tests and have everything to do with medicine and nothing to do with safety or job performance. Would you ask a guy to stop using his asthma inhaler also? Any other drugs he has to take for health?

We "drug" when we take a cup of coffee or anyone lights up a cigarette. It's all self medicating with drugs of some kind.
My coffee pot just dinged, time to go...

Sober at work. I think we can all agree on that.

Working in manufacturing Union Shop for a time I noticed the strict contrast... the Union Workers were held to high standard regarding sobriety on the job... yet management often wined and dined clients with the Martini Lunch...

Not all the world operates the same... Beer is actually provided Free of Charge for Lunch for BMW Union Auto Workers... Beer without limits... but accountability.

No one ever gave it a though when Auto Workers, Construction Workers, etc... have a beer at lunch... and often provided by the employer!

When I was building in Austria part of the budget included Beer... which I really questioned.

Then I was schooled that this is how it is done and "Required" with a much larger Beer budget in Summer!

 

[ConawayFarms]

I think the key will be drawing a line between off-site medical use and being impaired at work, just like we already do with strong pain meds or even alcohol. There’s a difference between having a prescription and showing up under the influence.

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[Mtsoxfan]

I think the key will be drawing a line between off-site medical use and being impaired at work, just like we already do with strong pain meds or even alcohol. There’s a difference between having a prescription and showing up under the influence.

Also, more people are turning to things like cannabis oil for sleep or anxiety, and not to get high but to function better.

I agree. While I think the prior post on coffee being a drug, technically yes. There is a difference between coffee and behavior/judgement/performance altering alcohol, pot, pain meds.
My thought is, if what legal drug you are doing negatively affects safety, performance, etc then you need to go home.
I hired an alcoholic as a chef. Always functioned as needed, but towards the end he started coming in drunk. I was walking behind him once at 6 am. He bounce off the wall several times, stumbling the whole way.
HR said I need to document, then councel, etc, but could not fire him. protected medical issue. All I could do is send him home, no pay for being a danger to himself or others.
He was a good guy. After we talked, he thought it best to move on.