Legal Marijuana and Drug Testing

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Chopswithafist, May 8, 2015.

  1. Chopswithafist

    Chopswithafist Light Load Member

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    First off let me say that I don't use marijuana nor have I ever smoked any. I am not an advocate for the legalization of marijuana but I really don't care either way. If marijuana is ever legal here in TN,I will still never use it. Anyway, with a few states now legalizing marijuana for recreational use, and other states starting to take steps in the direction for legal pot. How will this affect drug testing in the trucking industry? Obviously alcohol is a legal drug, and as long as you are consuming alcohol and not on duty, drinking and driving, etc. that is perfectly legal. Now, lets say you are home and it's legal to smoke pot where you live. If you smoke pot during your hometime, come back to work monday morning and are drug tested, what happens now? Yes, you smoked pot but you did not come to work high nor are you driving high, and smoking pot is legal where you live. Would this be the same as getting really drunk on saturday night and coming back to work monday morning? Alcohol drank 2 days before is not going to show up on a drug and alcohol screen, but the pot will.

    Just wondering how this is supposed to be regulated
     
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  3. marineman227

    marineman227 Dock Waterer

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    This has been covered a hundred times. Federal government regulates us they say it's illegal you can't do it regardless of local law. If you want more details just search
     
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  4. skateboardman

    skateboardman Road Train Member

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    lol, yep it doesn't matter to you, but you are wondering about it. rotflmao
     
  5. truckerlife74

    truckerlife74 Medium Load Member

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    I hate to be a troll but dude if you don't care about pot or never will smoke pot then why even care about regulations because for 1 you have no use for it right? Am I missing something here
     
  6. akfisher

    akfisher Road Train Member

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    What will happen someday is they will do Saliva testing to show if you are actively high. Marijuana THC changes after about 12 hours and then moves into your fat storage for anywhere from 2-6 weeks depending on your metabolism. They have a program started in Canada. Its basicly a breathalizer but for pot and shows if you are "stoned" Obviously we dont want pot heads puffing on their bongs. I know I would feel safer in a rig with a guy who smoked pot on his hometime before I jumped in with a guy who got drunk the whole hometime which is rare but surely happens.
     
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  7. Arielit0oo

    Arielit0oo Light Load Member

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    Federal law > States

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