How Marijuana Can Get You Fired — Even If You Never Use It

October 19, 2015
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There’s a lot to say about drug testing.

For years, it’s been a hot topic of debate between employers and workers, many of whom feel that drug testsviolate their right to privacy. Employers, on the other hand, are concerned about liability — and are willing to ruffle some feathers in order to make sure their employees are not operating equipment or endangering anyone while under the influence.

But with marijuana becoming legalized in several states, and probably several more over the next couple of years, drug testing reformers are gaining momentum in their crusade to see change. Not only is there a new debate over how and when employers will adapt new screening rules and techniques to account for marijuana now being legal in certain areas (yet still illegal under federal law), but new research has found that one of the more popular ways for testing employees is, and has been, flawed.

A new study published in Nature has a rather simple title: Finding cannabinoids in hair does not prove cannabis consumption. The short and sweet of it all? People who have failed drug tests because there was evidence of marijuana use found in hair samples may have been false-positives. [Read more at Culture Cheat Sheet]

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