Kaleo, i agree with you 100%. Marijuana shouldn't be tested for in decriminalized states. I can even think of incidents where they shouldn't be able to test you for it in states where it isn't decrminalized. A good example is (actually just happen to a friend last week), when it comes to drug testing for a DUI. I had a friend that got pulled over because they were going 8 mph over the speed limit while passing a car going down hill on the highway. The cop asked her to get out of the car because he said he suspected she was drunk. She wasn't drunk and hadn't smoked since earlier that day, but had a small amount of bud with her in her purse with a hitter box. She passed a field sobriety test but then he arrested her for the marijuana he found when he searched her car. Once he got her to the jail, he had her drug tested. She failed the drug test because she had thc in her system and was given a DUI for it even though she wasn't actually high while she was driving. The situation got worse after that. The cop kept telling her how stupid she was and had her crying while they kept asking her where she got the marijuana, if she had kids they could take them, etc. She told them that she wasn't going to speak to them without a lawyer several times while they kept asking her questions. They also kept going back to her cell repeatedly to ask her. She told them she had the right to remain silent and the officer told her that he hadn't read her miranda rights and she had no rights in jail. They kept her overnight and they tried to impound her vehicle and say that she bought it with drug money! (she had a hitter box). It's finals time right now for college students and they wouldn't even let her get her backpack with all her notes and books from her car when she got out of jail so that she could study and take her final exams. Sorry for rambling on with this story, but IMO it is all an abuse of power, beginning with the drug test and charging her with a DUI with something they can't prove you were on at the time you got pulled over. Anyways, i think drug testing can have it's advantages here and there, but the bullshit caused by them far outweighs the advantages they do have. In the case of a job, i think it's just plain stupid when it comes to thc. There are plenty of successful people out there that smoke marijuana on a daily basis. Drug tests are too often used to define a worker when the quality of a persons work comes down to each persons individual character traits that they have whether they use drugs or not. I think that government is afraid for people to know that someone who uses drugs, especially marijuana, can be just as or more successful than someone who doesn't use. I'm beginning to see it as a form of descrimination and envy. I don't know how many times i have been called a stoner in a derogatory context by people that don't smoke, yet i have been more educated and successful than 99% of those people. Sorry i wrote so much, but this is a subject that i'm fairly passionate about.
