I currently live in one of the few illegal states in the US. There is a “dispensary” a block away from my house where you can buy something that looks, smells, and makes you feel the same way regular weed does.

I’m also currently contracted at a company that hires DOT employees, so they implement random drug testing for everyone. I work a very technical desk job, and an occasional bowl was the best way to rest my brain after work.

So, if I walk up the street and purchase a bag of hemp and smoke it, I could lose my job.

OR I can walk a bit further and get black out drunk at a bar, and call out of work the next day (something I have done before).

What’s fucked is the tests also cover alcohol, but being hung over isn’t against the rules, even if I’m far more impaired than if I smoked a bowl a week ago.

Not sure why I posted this, can probably remove it. Just feel the need to vent I suppose.

  • Bizzle@lemmy.worldM
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    5 days ago

    I’m medical in a legal state and got told I was “wasting (the interviewer’s) time” because they’re DOT (it was a job as a barge deckhand). Meanwhile all those dudes get wasted pretty much at all times, I found White Claw cans strewn around the worksite. Jah forbid I smoke a fuckin’ joint in my own living room though!

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    6 days ago

    I’m in Texas. I get an ounce of type 2 (about half cbd, half thc) every month and occasionally i order type 1 (high thc) flower or vapes. It all comes via USPS to my mailbox, totally legal thanks to the 2018 farm bill. There are only about 6 states that have outlawed it - some on the west coast because the smaller hemp farms cut into profits for the bigger weed companies.

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    6 days ago

    Are you sure the tests would detect whatever synthetic cannabinoid you have available? Afaik most common drug tests dont react to HHC for example

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      6 days ago

      Yes, unfortunately. Everything here is delta 8 or delta 9. I’ve even heard someone pissing hot from cbd. I guess if you take it enough, the trace thc can build up.