Survey: Most Americans Don’t Think Employees Should Be Fired For Off-the-Job Pot Use

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http://www.alternet.org/drugs/survey-most-americans-dont-think-employees-should-be-fired-job-pot-use



Americans support for legalizing cannabis is growing rapidly. So too is their intolerance for workplace drug testing policies that sanction workers for puffing pot while off the job.

Some two-thirds of Americans now say that it is ‘unacceptable’ for employers to fire employees who consume cannabis after-hours in states that have legalized the plant’s therapeutic or recreational use. That’s according to the findings of a new HuffingtonPost/YouGov poll released this week.

Sixty-four percent of the poll’s respondent’s, including 62 percent of self-identified Republicans, say that it is “unacceptable for a company to fire an employee for using marijuana during his or her free time ... if using marijuana is legal in [that] state.” An equal percentage of respondents similarly said that it would be unacceptable for an employer to fire an employee for after-hours drinking.

Only 22 percent of respondents said that it is acceptable for employers to fire workers who consume cannabis legally after-hours.

[TexasTowelie]

1. I'm going to smoke a bowl in support of this poll.

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2. That 22 percent needs to be monitored and busted for their sins

Whoever they are, they are guilty of something. Harmonic justice would be them getting busted for it.