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What you do on your own time should be none of your employers business. You do your job, that's it. They don't own your life.

wand3r 3y ago
I totally disagree in this context. CBD is probably beyond the pale here, but positions of extreme authority should certainly be held to higher levels of scrutiny. Judges and Police are entrusted with an huge amount of power in our society so if they break a law they should have higher sentences. They themselves enforce and judge criminals. They don't get to "own your life" but I don't feel its unreasonable to hold them to a standard higher than the average citizen in our society.
alwa 3y ago
Perhaps—but if your job is to enforce the laws about what other people do on their own time, it seems like a reasonable prerequisite that you should behave spotlessly on your own time too. At the very least, he knew the stakes well ahead of time, and he knew it was his responsibility to make sure he didn’t get THC in his blood. As a drug cop, it would be strange for him not to understand that hemp products still contain some amount of THC. And although the firing decision only relied on the drug test, the evidence shows that he did in fact procure and use “CBD” products that were above the legal limit for THC content—and thus broke the laws it’s his job to enforce. “I swear, officer, I didn’t know what it was!” doesn’t work for anybody else, so I have a hard time accepting that it should work for the elite cop whose job it is to know better.
ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
their agency is tasked with, among other things, prosecuting people for possessing and using a substance which is harmless, but still disallowed by bureaucrats the dude was fired for possessing and using a substance which is harmless, but still disallowed by bureaucrats
iAMkenough 3y ago
If you live someplace that mostly offers at-will employment and doesn't adequately punish union busting, employers are free to do what they want. While they might not legally own your life, the decisions they make substaintially impact your ability to live. The current workforce system is designed to protect them, not you.

wand3r 3y ago

I totally disagree in this context. CBD is probably beyond the pale here, but positions of extreme authority should certainly be held to higher levels of scrutiny. Judges and Police are entrusted with an huge amount of power in our society so if they break a law they should have higher sentences. They themselves enforce and judge criminals. They don't get to "own your life" but I don't feel its unreasonable to hold them to a standard higher than the average citizen in our society.

alwa 3y ago

Perhaps—but if your job is to enforce the laws about what other people do on their own time, it seems like a reasonable prerequisite that you should behave spotlessly on your own time too. At the very least, he knew the stakes well ahead of time, and he knew it was his responsibility to make sure he didn’t get THC in his blood. As a drug cop, it would be strange for him not to understand that hemp products still contain some amount of THC. And although the firing decision only relied on the drug test, the evidence shows that he did in fact procure and use “CBD” products that were above the legal limit for THC content—and thus broke the laws it’s his job to enforce. “I swear, officer, I didn’t know what it was!” doesn’t work for anybody else, so I have a hard time accepting that it should work for the elite cop whose job it is to know better.

ImPostingOnHN 3y ago

their agency is tasked with, among other things, prosecuting people for possessing and using a substance which is harmless, but still disallowed by bureaucrats the dude was fired for possessing and using a substance which is harmless, but still disallowed by bureaucrats

iAMkenough 3y ago

If you live someplace that mostly offers at-will employment and doesn't adequately punish union busting, employers are free to do what they want. While they might not legally own your life, the decisions they make substaintially impact your ability to live. The current workforce system is designed to protect them, not you.