legal question

[Spooner]

If you consume a drug in a foreign country where it is legal (say, Amsterdam) and are tested in the United States, could you or should you lose your job?

 

[shilala]

Absolutely.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Yup.

 

[daveshel]

Country of ingestion is not relevant.

 

[jjones]

No, you should quit and go work in Amsterdam.

 

[mugs]

If the company policy forbids it, it doesn't matter what the law is.

 

[Spooner]

What if you visited months ago, got a new job, and had to be tested before being hired.

sounds pretty rude that one could get denied for doing someting legal

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Spooner
What if you visited months ago, got a new job, and had to be tested before being hired.

sounds pretty rude that one could get denied for doing someting legal

In that case, I think I'd agree with you.

 

[laurenlex]

You cannot be charged with a crime, because the US, State, County, Town does not have jurisdiction.

It would be a probation violation, or terms of firing, because it is a CONDITION of probation or employment.

 

[Icanoutsmokeany1]

Why don't you go buy some fake urine and just give them that?

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: Spooner
What if you visited months ago, got a new job, and had to be tested before being hired.

sounds pretty rude that one could get denied for doing someting legal

This falls under the "Life is not Fair" umbrella.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Spooner
What if you visited months ago, got a new job, and had to be tested before being hired.

sounds pretty rude that one could get denied for doing someting legal

In that case, I think I'd agree with you.

...Except for the fact that past drug users have a proven proclivity for using drugs again. You are an employment risk, and your prospective employer has every right not to hire a risk.

 

[Spooner]

This does not apply to me, so you can stop making accusations :rolleyes;