Man bakes pot brownies for entire office because of upcoming drug tests
I've never understood the war on weed. I find it completely absurd that if you want to you can down an entire bottle of whiskey every day, be barely capable of walking, probably do and say stupid shit, become violent, be useless at work the next day and that's all just fine and dandy. However, if you want to puff a joint to relax at the end of the day this can mean the end of your career or even worse.
I know a guy that to this day is subjected to limited employment because when we were in college back in the 90's he got busted with a little bit of weed. Because the weed was in two separate bags, one of which he purchased for a friend, he was charged and later convicted of distribution. While he avoided jail time, he has a felony on his permanent record. This is ridiculous.
In the meantime there is a guy in New Jersey who crashed his car drunk and killed a guy and he is running for Congress and it looks like he will probably win.
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I don't even smoke weed for the most part. You could say that I dabble but do not buy. If there is a joint going around at a party I might have a puff or two - that's the extent of my usage because I don't really like the buzz outside of certain situations because it makes me anti-social. This is a personal choice though and I don't think it should be up to me if someone else wants to do it. I once was in the car with a friend in college who was so high, that he sat at a stop sign waiting for it to turn green. I've also been in cars with people who were drunk that treated the drive as if it was the Indy 500. There is a big difference between the two drugs and make no mistake, alcohol is a drug.
Anyway, in a funny story I read about the other day a guy who is a regular pot smoker got notified by his company that the entire business was going to be drug tested the following Wednesday. He knew that he would not pass this test. Rather than own up to it he went home on the weekend and made a bunch of brownies and put a little bit of marijuana butter into the mix.
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The next week he went in and told all of his coworkers that he had decided to pick up a new hobby and was trying his hand at baking and that he wanted everyone's opinion about his homemade brownies. I don't know what the consensus was but basically everyone in the office now had THC in their system.
When Wednesday came along, the office was faced with a real conundrum because virtually everyone tested positive for marijuana. What are they going to do? Fire everyone?
He later admitted to having done this because he felt bad and he was fired anyway. I don't know if he later found other employment but he did enjoy a bit of internet fame because of it so I would imagine that he probably did get another job, this time hopefully at an organization that isn't so uptight about someone enjoying a bit of cannabis.
I employ or contract up to 30 people at a time. I NEVER drug test anyone. My only concern is your on-site performance and safety. If you can pull that off and do a good job, I don't care nor do I think it is any of my business what you do on your own time.
I don't get it either as it is so common where is the problem plus it's medicinal use is proven tobe helpful.
It's upsetting to me that this side of things is almost completely suppressed by the media. I went to high school with a girl that has suffered from seizures for many many years... she can feel them coming on and if she puts just a drop of CBD oil in her mouth when she can sense it coming on it doesn't happen or at least she can control it to a certain degree. Yet because of the state she lives in she has to acquire this illegally and would get in trouble for having it.
Totally insane! The other thing that really gets me angry about drug testing, it is a multi billion dollar industry. The only drug that really stays in your system is THC. Other drugs like cocaine, opiates is 3 days. So a person abusing hard drugs can beat the system, and continue to abuse
I like how you run your business. Tbh the only people you really would want to get rid of for using drugs, is the guy who shows up to work hammered.
This is exactly the way that I feel. I am sure there are a few of the kids that are stoned while on the job but if it doesn't affect your job performance, I don't really care. I know a few people that are better at doing stuff when high so if that's your thing and you are not endangering anyone else in the process, go for it.
Totally. When I was younger working at a state park I would smoke a little and weed eater all day. That was fun, and damn I got some stuff done! But now I’m older I save it for when I get home, because I hate how i get anti social as well
There have been times in my life when getting a little stones really put me "in the zone" and I could do a repetitive task with ease and great interest similar to weed eating. It does have a purpose that can be beneficial, that is for sure. Now for more advanced tasks like the management that I do now I think it would be a hinderance because well, you know. :)
I bet that was a fun day at the office! I hope that he didn't end up facing criminal charges because while his methods were unethical I agree that testing for weed at the workplace is something that really should be done away with. It could be a blessing in disguise though, getting fired for enjoying a joint that is. Now the guy can move on to a company or organization that isn't so stuck in the past.
I can't find any follow up information on the situation but I bet he did get into a bit of trouble for it. Probably not jail time though. I just thought it was really funny.