Pre-employment pot tests could get banned in Washington state

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Most employers in Washington would be banned from testing job applicants for cannabis under a bill that passed the state Senate last week.

Recreational pot use has been legal in Washington for more than a decade. But businesses can still deny jobs to those who test positive for using it — even though traces can show up weeks after use, when a person is no longer impaired.have been introduced before in Washington's Legislature, they've never passed off the floor of either chamber.

Pre-employment pot screening would still be allowed for federal workers or airline workers, like pilots, as well as for "safety-sensitive positions for which impairment while working presents a substantial risk of death."The bill is headed to the state House, where a key committee chair told Axios she plans to give the measure a hearing soon.

 

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All jobs should. It should only come into question if you show up to work intoxicated! I've know people who could smoke all day & you'd never know, & I've known others that one hit turns them into complete goofballs! The time THC is detectable in urine is unfair.

It should be banned everywhere. Cannabis is much safer than alcohol.

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