Well, well, imagine that.

"The refugees at Sterling come from all over the world, from Syria to Sudan, Chad to Bhutan. And they've all passed the company's standard drug test."
"In our lives, we don't have drugs," said Alzamel, who was hired within three months after arriving in Pennsylvania. "We don't even know what they look like or how to use them."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/...ug-testing/index.html


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Capitalism is based on the ridiculous notion that you can enjoy limitless growth in a closed, finite system.

In biology, such behavior of cells is called "cancer".

They will learn.
Drug tests for employment are stupid, mostly they just catch weed use from the recent past.

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

It's a welfare program for the HR-Laboratory-Insurance industrial complex.

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Capitalism is based on the ridiculous notion that you can enjoy limitless growth in a closed, finite system.

In biology, such behavior of cells is called "cancer".

Last time I had to take a drug test for a job, I got in the room and asked, " So what drugs are we testing today fellas!!??"

.............I didnt get that job

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I troll 2L.com to be a better person in real life

I once knew a guy who was officially excluded from testing by the government/contractor; he openly admitted to smoking weed and partaking in certain other joys. Problem was, , , , he had a very rare and specific "skill set", so they had to let him slide in the best interests of critical national security requirements!!!

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Dora Hates You

Some of it is driven by the insurance industry. They figure a non-druggie employee is less likely to suffer a workplace injury, reducing liability costs, and also more likely to be healthy (reducing employer-provided medical expenses) and reduce absenteeism.

Regardless of any potential upside in productivity, with all other things being equal, the insurance savings may drive a company to stick with the testing policy.

Removing employer-provided medical insurance from the equation removes one employer incentive to test, but still leaves at least two.

I know that a lot of high tech companies that don't have a DOD or DOT mandate have stopped doing it, costs them too many creative employees to pass on all of the pot smokers.

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

It's a cash cow for the labs, and they spend a bundle promoting pre-employment screening.

In my younger days we had a variety of techniques to beat it, but really if you can't give up the buds for a month, you're just not trying.

But I think these days it's the opiates.

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Capitalism is based on the ridiculous notion that you can enjoy limitless growth in a closed, finite system.

In biology, such behavior of cells is called "cancer".

Only need to give up those for a few days to pass

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

LSD micro dosing is covertly encouraged at some of the cutting edge tech companies because of the creativity boost it provides without causing you to trip balls. If you have done LSD then the goal with the dosage is to hit that sweet spot just before the trails where you are fully snapped into focus and clear.