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More than one-third of software programmers say they\u2019ve used marijuana while working, with many finding that it helps promote creativity and get them into the \u201cprogramming zone,\u201d according to a new study.<\/p>\n
Researchers at the University of Michigan said that anecdotal evidence suggested that those in programming were more likely to use cannabis on the job, so they set out to conduct the \u201cfirst large-scale survey\u201d on the topic, asking 803 developers to detail how marijuana comes into play in their work.<\/p>\n
A main motivation for the study was the fact that drug testing policies remain common in the programming sector, which may be contributing to \u201chiring shortages for certain jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s even the case at the federal level, the study authors note, citing comments by former FBI Director James Comey<\/a>, who said in 2014 that he was interested in loosening employment policies around cannabis because some prospective agents \u201cwant to smoke weed on the way to the interview.\u201d<\/p>\n 2) The main motivations for using cannabis while programming are related to enjoyment or perceived programming enhancement. Wellness-related motivations (e.g., mental health or chronic pain) are less common. (3\/6)<\/p>\n \u2014 Madeline Endres (@cellocorgi) December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n \u201cThis prohibition of cannabis use in software engineering has contributed to a widely-reported hiring shortage for certain US government programming jobs,\u201d the study<\/a> says.<\/p>\n All told, 35 percent of survey participants said that they\u2019ve \u201ctried cannabis while programming or completing another software engineering-related task.\u201d Seventy-three percent of that group said they\u2019ve consumed marijuana while working in the past year.<\/p>\n The study\u2014titled \u201cHashing It Out: A Survey of Programmers\u2019 Cannabis Usage, Perception, and Motivation\u201d and published this month in Cornell University\u2019s arXiv\u2014also looked at frequency of use among those who said they\u2019ve used marijuana while engineering.<\/p>\n Fifty-three percent said they\u2019ve consumed cannabis while programming at least 12 times, 27 percent said they used it at least twice a week and four percent said they use it while working on a nearly daily basis.<\/p>\n The study authors wanted to get a better understanding of why programmers chose to consume marijuana, too. And they found that the most common tasks that people used marijuana for were brainstorming, prototyping, coding and testing.<\/p>\n \u201cOverall, we found that programmers were more likely to report enjoyment or programming enhancement motivations than wellness motivations: the most common reasons were \u2018to make programming-related tasks more enjoyable\u2019 (61%) and \u2018to think of more creative programming solutions\u2019 (53%),\u201d the study found. \u201cIn fact, all programming enhancement reasons were selected by at least 30% of respondents. On the other hand, general wellness related reasons (such as mitigating pain and anxiety) were all cited by less than 30% of respondents. Thus, while wellness does motivate some cannabis use while programming, it is not the most common motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n 4) Software managers disapprove of cannabis use less than employees think they do \u2014 Madeline Endres (@cellocorgi) December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n While there\u2019s a notable prevalence of cannabis consumption among programmers, even most of those who don\u2019t use marijuana are supportive of reform, the study found.<\/p>\n \u201cNinety-one percent of our participants say that marijuana use should be legal for both recreational and medicinal use compared to 60 percent of the general United States population in 2021,\u201d the authors wrote.<\/p>\n The study also found that \u201ccannabis use while programming occurs at similar rates for programming employees, managers and students despite differences in cannabis perceptions and visibility.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur results have implications for programming job drug policies and motivate future research into cannabis use while programming,\u201d the study states.<\/p>\n Drug testing policies have become a hot topic as more states enact legalization.<\/p>\n After New York opted to end prohibition this year, for example, the state Department of Labor announced that most employers are no longer allowed to drug test most workers<\/a> for cannabis.<\/p>\n Amazon recently said that its earlier decision to end drug testing for cannabis will also be retroactive, meaning former workers and applicants who were punished for testing positive for THC\u00a0will have their employment eligibility restored<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lawmakers in the Senate and House have both included language in recent appropriations reports urging a review of employment policies for federal agencies with respect to personal use of cannabis. The\u00a0House version passed in July<\/a>, while\u00a0the Senate Democrats\u2019 report was released in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo to federal agencies this year that says admitting to past marijuana use should not automatically disqualify people<\/a>\u00a0from being employed in the federal government.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Biden administration came under criticism after it was reported that it had fired or otherwise punished dozens of staffers who admitted to prior marijuana use. That came after the White House instituted a policy of granting waivers to some staff who\u2019ve used cannabis.<\/p>\n Press Secretary Jen Psaki subsequently said that nobody in the White House was\u00a0fired for\u00a0\u201cmarijuana usage from years ago,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0nor has anyone been terminated \u201cdue to casual or infrequent use during the prior 12 months.\u201d However, she\u2019s consistently declined to speak to the extent to which staff have been suspended or placed in a remote work program because they were honest about their history with marijuana on a federal form that\u2019s part of the background check process.<\/p>\n Researcher Uses Reddit To Learn What Kinds Of Marijuana Posts Influenced Legalization Attitudes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post One-Third Of Programmers Use Marijuana While Working, With Many Touting Creative Benefits, Study Finds<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
More than one-third of software programmers say they\u2019ve used marijuana while working, with many finding that it helps promote creativity and get them into the \u201cprogramming zone,\u201d according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Michigan said that anecdotal evidence suggested that those in programming were more likelyContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":51987,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[99,15462],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51988,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51986\/revisions\/51988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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