If they legalized marijuana nationally how would that affect employment negatively?

If it was truly legal nation wide, there would be a strong push to change drug testing standards, so that screening for marijuana is closer to screening for alcohol or other drugs... a saliva drug test can detect its use for up to 3 days, a blood test can tell the difference between an active thc blood content, or the metabolites being picked up. I believe the push would be for fair and equal drug testing, not harsher drug testing. As it stands, drug testing unfairly picks on marijuana users while letting users of far harder drugs skate by them far easier.

Also, if it was truly legal, your insurance company would not require they pass a screening for marijuana. Most insurance companies dont care which plethora of legal drugs you are taking, only the illegal ones. While there are a few highly sensitive places that may test for nicotine or not want you to ever use alcohol, generally most employers consider what you do on your own time none of their business.

The worst case scenario> I could never hire you. My insurance carrier insists that you pass a pre-employment drug screen.

Have a nice day.

Marijuana can impair thinking, memory and learning for weeks after use. It produces a range of psychological and physical effects that can be unpredictable at times. It can relieve pain, control nausea and increase appetite. Marijuana typically gives a high, or feeling of well being, which is why it abused. But marijuana can also cause acute psychosis, or a temporary break with reality. Marijuana-induced psychosis happens more often in new users or in people prone to mental illness.

I think there would be lots of people being fired for being to weird or psychotic.

http://www.livescience.com/24558-marijuana-effects...

Actually, decriminalizing, (different than legalizing) marijuana and most drugs could lead to less drug addicts. Look at Portugal, just a year ago they decriminalized all drugs, and the drug abuse rate has gone down since then! Go figure!

Unemployment would go down. A new market would open up and several industries would be revolutionized (paper, medicine, etc.)

best case is we grow it in America and employment goes up

I hope this was of use

well in my humble opinion if the government tells you what you can and cannot do with you OWN body and what can you put in or take out by passing laws prohibiting the stuff you want well then we have an oversized government

The LAST thing we need is more drug-addled people wandering around!

I don't see it effecting employment at all negatively. Only positively.

I wish we would legalize all drugs.