{"id":34636,"date":"2019-04-18T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2019\/04\/18\/this-420-just-remember-everyone-you-work-with-is-high\/"},"modified":"2019-04-18T12:50:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T20:50:04","slug":"this-420-just-remember-everyone-you-work-with-is-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2019\/04\/18\/this-420-just-remember-everyone-you-work-with-is-high\/","title":{"rendered":"This 420, Just Remember Everyone You Work With Is High"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

One of the most common phrases used in the workplace today is: \u201cWhat, are you high?\u201d It can be spewed in jest or as a snappy comeback, like \u201cMan, piss off, you must be stoned.\u201d It can also be applied in the form of an insult or as a catty means for backstabbing cohorts, perhaps something to the effect of \u201cthat idiot was definitely smoking\u00a0something<\/em>\u00a0before he clocked in this morning.\u201d Regardless of how it is utilized, however, the cold hard fact is, like or not, everyone you grind it out with, in this day and age \u2013 doesn\u2019t matter if they are white collar or blue \u2014\u00a0is<\/em>actually high on drugs, especially marijuana, according to a new report from\u00a0Quest Diagnostics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It is true, as we enter the final stretch to the\u00a0420 weekend<\/a>, the average American working class stiff can take solace in the notion that their coworkers are just as stoned as they are while earning a paycheck. The report, which was published following the examination of some 10 million urine, saliva and hair follicle tests, shows that the number of employees and job applicants testing positive for marijuana increased by 10% last year. That\u2019s the highest number of recorded cannabis users in the workforce in 15 years, reports Quest. The consensus is that while weed might still be an outlaw substance in most of the United States, some workers are simply throwing caution to the wind to deal with those nagging bosses, the cliquish BS of their colleagues, and, presumably, because there are never any Skittles<\/a>\u00a0in the break room vending machine.<\/p>\n

But for the business owner reading this, thinking \u201cGeez, I can\u2019t believe that my entire team is stoned out of their gourds,\u201d don\u2019t get too nervous about it. The good news is while there might be more workers showing up for their shift following a reefer chiefing ritual, fewer seem to be involved in hard drugs \u2014 and that\u2019s a good thing. Quest\u2019s research shows that while marijuana use is up, even among those holding down positions where one mistake could mean death and destruction for many, like airline pilots and nuclear power plant operators, drug tests revealing traces of cocaine, heroin and even some prescription opioids are lower than they have been in the past.<\/p>\n

Pot use is up, researchers say, because now it\u2019s just normal.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarijuana use is on the rise in society, so it\u2019s not surprising that we\u2019re starting to see that filter into the workplace,\u201d Dr. Barry Sample, Quest\u2019s senior director for science and technology,\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n

Now, before this story causes companies around the United States to suffer a conniption fit that launches a drug testing rampage on their workers unlike anything ever seen before, we should clarify that the results of the latest study\u00a0do not\u00a0<\/em>necessarily mean that more workers today are showing up to work high.<\/p>\n

All the data suggests is that there are more marijuana users in the workforce than there has been in a long time. And since marijuana metabolizes in the body in a way that is unpredictable \u2014 someone who used marijuana a month ago could still test positive for THC metabolites \u2014 the increase in positive drug tests is more than likely just a product of increased legalization efforts across the nation than an indicator that employees just don\u2019t give a sh*t. So, as far as Dr. Sample is concerned, a positive result for THC is more of a \u201clifestyle\u201d marker than proof that someone is stoned on the job.<\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

There are now a handful of states that have legalized the leaf for recreational use. Still, because of the federal government\u2019s drug-free workplace laws, which was slapped on the books during the Reagan Administration, it is still considered a no-no for some workers to test positive for pot during their shift. Even those companies not required by federal guidelines to test for marijuana sometimes do. It\u2019s one of those annoying conditions that drug policy experts say is used to discriminate against a person for their after-hours behavior and not a solid appraisal for their performance. This is just one of the reasons that some jurisdictions, like\u00a0New York City<\/a>, have been trying to ban preliminary weed screens for the past several months. Lawmakers there just don\u2019t believe that a positive test for marijuana should immediately disqualify a job applicant.<\/p>\n

But the real trouble with all of this drug testing business is that there is still no effective device on the market that can accurately gauge impairment. All of the testing we have right now simply determines whether someone has smoked weed at some point within the last 30 days or so. Sure, some tech companies claim they are on the verge of unleashing a real deal\u00a0cannabis breathalyzer<\/a>\u00a0that will improve the situation, but we have yet to see any real proof that they are even close.<\/p>\n

It is a real problem \u2013 one of those \u201cso, we can put on a man on the moon, but we can\u2019t figure out how to tell if someone is high right now?<\/em>\u201d conundrums.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, this Friday \u2014 the day affectionately referred to as 420 Eve \u2014 when the times comes to bid farewell to the 9-to-5 for the weekend and you find yourself short on smoke for the 420 holiday (because you live in a prohibition state and don\u2019t have the luxury of just walking into a dispensary like those spoiled kids in 10 other states) just ask one of your coworkers, any of them, in fact, for a hookup. Rest assured, somebody is holding!<\/p>\n

TELL US<\/strong>, is marijuana use accepted at your workplace?<\/p>\n

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