Legalized Marijuana and the FAA
04-21-2018, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by pokey9554
There’s already a test to determine if someone is under the influence of marijuana.
Put them in a waiting room with a bowl of Cheetos. If the Cheetos are gone when the test administrator re-enters, they fail.
Put them in a waiting room with a bowl of Cheetos. If the Cheetos are gone when the test administrator re-enters, they fail.
04-21-2018, 05:04 PM
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04-21-2018, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Floobs
I was reading that by the end of this year that roughly half the states could have legalized recreational marijuana. I also read that it looks now that President Trump and Senator Schumer are both open to and actively looking to decriminalize it on a federal level.
The question is when and if that does happen on a national scale what will the FAA do in regards to regulation in the field of aviation?
The question is when and if that does happen on a national scale what will the FAA do in regards to regulation in the field of aviation?
With alcohol it's easy to measure if someone is likely impaired, or at least there's a known equitable, empirical standard that you have to meet.
Until a similar test exists for THC impairment, I would expect it's use to be banned by all in safety-sensitive positions. The current test just shows whether you blazed up within the last month or so.
04-21-2018, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by trip
On a side note, does anyone else have a problem being tested by a guy with a backpack in a public restroom? These "testers" or duty gazers as we called them in the military probably have 1.5 hours of CBT's to become qualified collectors.
04-21-2018, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by crflyer
Absolutely. I had a guy say he drove in just to test me. It was just him and his little bag. It was extremely unsettling.
Why the ambush style, march to the bathroom, whip out or else....?
04-22-2018, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by trip
Yeah, seems very unprofessional. I remember testing being done in a more controlled environment, lab or clinic setting.
Why the ambush style, march to the bathroom, whip out or else....?
Why the ambush style, march to the bathroom, whip out or else....?
I know the answer:
I’m always amazed at people who post stupid stuff on Facebook or Instagram showing them drunk as a 9-eyed skunk, and a while later they start crying about their drug tests.
“Random,” my ass. People with stupid social media stuff get tested way more often.
(A surprising number of people will post anything and everything there. No filter installed.)
04-22-2018, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jcountry
I’m always amazed at people who post stupid stuff on Facebook or Instagram showing them drunk as a 9-eyed skunk, and a while later they start crying about their drug test
I like my bonus and some weed smoking employee making the news costs me money. Managers like $$$ just as much as pilots.
04-22-2018, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by AC560
Can confirm that as management scum. The reasoning is simple the company is responsible for your actions. So when you blaze up and hurt Joe Public in a related or unrelated incident, it costs the company.
I like my bonus and some weed smoking employee making the news costs me money. Managers like $$$ just as much as pilots.
I like my bonus and some weed smoking employee making the news costs me money. Managers like $$$ just as much as pilots.
Lawyers could have a field day with some of the posts I have seen. At least the company covers its ass when it can produce clean drug tests. (And probably fire some idiots who really are drunk/high.)
I just don’t get why anyone posts stupid crap on social media like that. I guess younger generations think it won’t matter. Maybe they really think only their ‘friends’ can see it.
Either way, they are wrong.
04-22-2018, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by M5000
How about the CBD oil? Any idea if that will cause a positive test. They’re selling it as a great pain reliever.
04-22-2018, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by trip
Yeah, seems very unprofessional. I remember testing being done in a more controlled environment, lab or clinic setting.
Why the ambush style, march to the bathroom, whip out or else....?
Why the ambush style, march to the bathroom, whip out or else....?
Originally Posted by crflyer
Absolutely. I had a guy say he drove in just to test me. It was just him and his little bag. It was extremely unsettling.
Now its outsourced to kids wearing earbuds carrying backpacks to work.......
