Employers Ditch Cannabis Testing As States Legalize Marijuana

Employers Ditch Cannabis Testing As States Legalize Marijuana

As a growing number of states legalize marijuana, employers are rethinking their testing policies. NBC News’ Jacob Ward takes us to Michigan, where a car part manufacturer that quit screening applicants for marijuana use saw a boost in applications.
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50 Comments

  1. Charlotte Higginbotham on May 16, 2022 at 4:10 pm

    True! You shouldn’t do it while pn the clock



  2. Taren Gibson on May 16, 2022 at 4:13 pm

    TDG #1 FULLSUPPORT
    Full Legalization of marijuana
    In the United States Of America



  3. shelly veley on May 16, 2022 at 4:16 pm

    How can they fire someone for using something LEGAL during their off time ? How is it even legal to do it?



  4. Bud Nation on May 16, 2022 at 4:16 pm

    As long as you don’t show up high to work or clearly unable to function because your under the influence, you should be good.



  5. Matthew Valentine on May 16, 2022 at 4:16 pm

    About time. Honestly



  6. non culus on May 16, 2022 at 4:18 pm

    Imagine if they would test for coffein, nicoten or alcohol… This is madness



  7. Chosen Remix on May 16, 2022 at 4:18 pm

    "radical idea"! Let’s not persecute workers for using a plant that increases their health.



  8. Mouse on May 16, 2022 at 4:19 pm

    That’s what’s up



  9. Brandee78 on May 16, 2022 at 4:21 pm

    As long as you do your job and don’t compromise safety, then smoke up 💯



  10. MAKING CANNABIS LEGAL AGAIN on May 16, 2022 at 4:22 pm

    It’s about time the stop testing it’s very racist



  11. Rebel_Friend_Republic on May 16, 2022 at 4:23 pm

    Thank god employers are starting to realize this



  12. fraggdu51 on May 16, 2022 at 4:23 pm

    Lol times are changing so much i remember it was such a hassle smoking weed. Man. Im getting old and times are changing.



  13. Ell Quilliams on May 16, 2022 at 4:23 pm

    Cannabis has neuroprotective properties… I have a broken spine and nerve damage… Cannabis is a godsend… Instead of being prescribed cannabis or being allowed to grow my own medicine, I’m denied to work with a broken spine and a misdemeanor stuck in a state full of science denying leeches stealing my little left funds just to avoid being stuck in jail ( something id still have to pay for)… Nobody deserves to wear a badge swearing to serve and protect when the laws they uphold are unjust.



  14. Calvin Duke on May 16, 2022 at 4:24 pm

    LEGALIZE IT FEDERALLY ALREADY END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW



  15. raymond glaser on May 16, 2022 at 4:24 pm

    Don’t buy from people who hate plants. If they went out of the way to harass us in the past than you are still looked down on and laughed at. Close these businesses. Buy and return if you cannot damage their buildings and machinery. Steal from companies that drug test, they stole people’s livelihood. It turns out they were wrong for drug testing.



  16. D dUb on May 16, 2022 at 4:26 pm

    SO IT’S OK NOW THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL TOI THE DOLLAR. ALL THOSE YOU LET GO THOUGH AND ALL OF THE PAIN YOU CREATED. NO ACCOUNTABILITY.



  17. Tyler Sowa on May 16, 2022 at 4:26 pm

    Good for them!



  18. Puff on May 16, 2022 at 4:29 pm

    Just got a job last week and had to argue with the hr that weed and alcohol aren’t the same because they drug test for weed and you can use weed outside of work and it be in your system which is stupid



  19. R Urbach on May 16, 2022 at 4:30 pm

    Does anyone have a source where it says an employer can’t deny u a job for a positive marijuana screening ? Pls commemt below



  20. Theirishcannoli on May 16, 2022 at 4:33 pm

    Can they do their job? Yes? Cool then no problem



  21. BMWO Canada on May 16, 2022 at 4:35 pm

    I hope they can stop testing people for cannabis when applying for a job.



  22. Invest Grind on May 16, 2022 at 4:36 pm

    Should be able to smoke on break 😂



  23. YouTube's Most Wanted on May 16, 2022 at 4:36 pm

    Double standards, inform yourself about marijuana induced schizophrenia. Its real



  24. tim kahn on May 16, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    a use to drive for a living and i would rather be on the road with a million pot smokers then one drunk. and i know that anyone with a brain feels the same if they are on the roads for a living. the pot smoker even stoned stays in their lane with a tight grip on the wheel just barely doing the speed limit . the only time that changes is when they mess their turn or off ramp. then the bounce some in the seat and turn around the next chance they have. thats about it



  25. David Motes on May 16, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    Federal law should ban testing for THC for any job is considered safe especially in retail.



  26. stonerman15 on May 16, 2022 at 4:40 pm

    Smartest thing they could’ve done.



  27. blazed_bleezy66 on May 16, 2022 at 4:41 pm

    Its like being u/a because you drink or take cough medicine its everywhere now even with cbd it still have small traces of thc



  28. john schwalenberg on May 16, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    If you don’t test it, they will come. a lot of plant’s in Bellevue Ohio have stopped using the Pot test. And they now have worker’s.



  29. stevey jay on May 16, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    Lol people been smokin weed and working for years



  30. Zeek M on May 16, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    I don’t smoke illegal weed. sorry about your luck fed.
    Message to NBC news, The feds you speak for don’t have any power and neither do you.



  31. True Review on May 16, 2022 at 4:46 pm

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  32. XAVIERCUERVO on May 16, 2022 at 4:47 pm

    i was gonna apply but then i got high



  33. BK's Son on May 16, 2022 at 4:48 pm

    NEW JERSEY JUMP ON IT..NOW!!!!



  34. Jay Body on May 16, 2022 at 4:51 pm

    Federal legalization now!



  35. Jeremy Kochan on May 16, 2022 at 4:51 pm

    Smart people



  36. Charlotte Higginbotham on May 16, 2022 at 4:53 pm

    If folks can be grown ups about it it should be ok! I’m so sick and tired of the pill poppers so, maybe this is a good idea? If you get injured on the job and you are under any influence, you shouldn’t get paid.



  37. Barbosa 420 on May 16, 2022 at 4:54 pm

    Good for them !



  38. Michael Muniz on May 16, 2022 at 4:55 pm

    Man this could be a huge change. She hit everything on the nail



  39. Billy Fricks on May 16, 2022 at 4:58 pm

    Wish there was more people like this



  40. Ryan Rich on May 16, 2022 at 5:00 pm

    Just take it off the federal list and be done with it. It doesn’t belong there and we ALL know it.



  41. TheOuskie on May 16, 2022 at 5:00 pm

    actually some people are more productive if they are stone doing a repetitive work.



  42. Jim B on May 16, 2022 at 5:01 pm

    I agree awesome I would work for this company.



  43. Eric Cotter on May 16, 2022 at 5:04 pm

    Cannabis and coffee are worker rights



  44. Dan Froh on May 16, 2022 at 5:05 pm

    Illinois is still really bad. Let the employers that test for cannabis suffer. Its legal.



  45. John Prendergast on May 16, 2022 at 5:06 pm

    Let’s hope a junkie doesn’t get stuck in a machine that welds him to the transmission ….



  46. highzenberg 707 on May 16, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    It may have taken stoners over 100 years but we finally won *takes a victory bong rip*



  47. castlev1986 on May 16, 2022 at 5:07 pm

    odd they must not be giving must work to white males



  48. Anh-Tu Phuc-Hoang / Derrick. on May 16, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    Alright!
    How much is an employer to care and like over what?



  49. Mactrizel on May 16, 2022 at 5:10 pm

    Wheres this at?



  50. jt martin on May 16, 2022 at 5:10 pm

    Now make plants shipyards and places like that not fire you for weed. You’ll have a lot happier employees if they could smoke off the clock.