Record number of U.S. workers cheating on drug tests, Quest Diagnostics finds

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  • @gregorystevens3992
    @gregorystevens3992 4 місяці тому +184

    Congress should be drug tested

    • @rc-st9pg
      @rc-st9pg 4 місяці тому +1

      Its legal in DC. lol

    • @franklin9400
      @franklin9400 4 місяці тому +12

      ​@rc-st9pg What does that have to do with anything? It can be legal, but if you fail a drug test. You still get fired. Start drug testing congress. So they will be forced to modernize the laws.

    • @jonmurraymurray5512
      @jonmurraymurray5512 4 місяці тому +15

      Yeah. Make elected people follow the same rules they want us to follow.

    • @the0ne809
      @the0ne809 4 місяці тому

      florida too. they were testing people on welfare. i wonder how many of the florida legislature are on drugs.

    • @ljpassmore
      @ljpassmore 4 місяці тому +1

      I don't know if some will pass.😂

  • @toastyt9964
    @toastyt9964 4 місяці тому +76

    maybe because weed shouldnt be on screenings

  • @Pilotpaulie
    @Pilotpaulie 4 місяці тому +114

    Awfully hypocritical that alcohol isn’t illegal and weed is. Really the damage that alcohols does to the population

    • @Eclipse1369
      @Eclipse1369 4 місяці тому +2

      So true! Luckily it’s legal in Washington :)

    • @ICU1337
      @ICU1337 4 місяці тому +4

      I mean they tried to ban alcohol... And we saw how well that grand idea worked out...

    • @Pilotpaulie
      @Pilotpaulie 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Eclipse1369 federally though. I noticed Biden is trying to sell that promise, again.

    • @Kartzchen
      @Kartzchen 4 місяці тому

      Nothing good about legalized weed.

    • @Pilotpaulie
      @Pilotpaulie 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Kartzchen nothing good about legal alcohole either but it’s gonna happen.

  • @franklin9400
    @franklin9400 4 місяці тому +90

    Testing isn't meant for workplace safety. It's for insurance purposes. At least be honest.

    • @penguin32383
      @penguin32383 4 місяці тому +1

      💯 The reporter immediately undercut her own argument when she said the biggest fields seeing increases are office jobs.

    • @MichaelKoronka
      @MichaelKoronka 4 місяці тому

      The US Navy implemented drug testing and aviation mishaps went way down. So there is something to it. Pilots are expensive to train and when one gets hurt or dies it affects military readiness.

  • @brandonio_granger
    @brandonio_granger 4 місяці тому +113

    What people do when they aren't working isn't the employers business.

    • @ICU1337
      @ICU1337 4 місяці тому +3

      Actually...

    • @colincreath4695
      @colincreath4695 4 місяці тому +6

      YES!

    • @brandenhylton8272
      @brandenhylton8272 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@ICU1337 "actually..." what? Its no ones business what I do in my own home.

    • @ICU1337
      @ICU1337 3 місяці тому

      @@brandenhylton8272 yes, yes it is, if what you're doing in your home compromises your ability to perform at work or not be compromised at work.
      If you're a waiter or a hostess, then sure do you, but if you have a serious big boy or big girl job, then yea "actually..."

  • @clarencelee7358
    @clarencelee7358 4 місяці тому +57

    Didn't they find cocaine in the white house?

  • @Firehawk0469
    @Firehawk0469 4 місяці тому +56

    It’s about testing. There needs to be a new test that shows if you’re currently impaired, not if you smoked weed two weeks ago.

  • @Scorpionbite8
    @Scorpionbite8 4 місяці тому +64

    Because marijuana takes forever and a day to leave the system

    • @slowbro1337
      @slowbro1337 4 місяці тому +4

      For a daily smoker maybe

    • @mrfroghello
      @mrfroghello 4 місяці тому

      ​@@slowbro1337no

    • @Cb20345
      @Cb20345 4 місяці тому +1

      This is for coke and Molly, not just weed.

    • @dmo848
      @dmo848 4 місяці тому

      Not with quick tabs😊

    • @heyaisdabomb
      @heyaisdabomb 4 місяці тому

      @@slowbro1337 THC binds to fat cells, so for a healthy low fat individual, it can take 40 to 60 days to leave your system as every time you burn a little fat, THC is released into your urine. Unhealthy people, it can take longer. The issue is these tests should be about are you coming to work high, not do use use weed outside of work.

  • @KlngVJames
    @KlngVJames 4 місяці тому +44

    A corporate job is so stressful
    nowadays honestly who isnt cheating on their drug tests to smoke that bud. Seriously.

    • @kinngrimm
      @kinngrimm 4 місяці тому +4

      I still can't believe that corporations are alliowed to do these tests. To me this is just infringing on privacy rights. Funny how that came to be in the land of *free* home of the *brave* ^^.

  • @CRMcGee2
    @CRMcGee2 4 місяці тому +33

    As a teenager, I was required to pass a drug test for employment at a car sales lot. A month into the job, while cleaning one of the cars, I stumbled upon a rolled-up hundred-dollar bill, a small mirror, a razor blade, and a bag of white powder. That afternoon, the boss inquired if I had discovered anything odd in his car. To clarify, the car was company property. It struck me as ironic that the minimum wage employee had to undergo drug testing, while the boss seemingly indulged in narcotics while using company resources.

    • @Grasshopper.80
      @Grasshopper.80 4 місяці тому

      It’s a joke😂😂

    • @heyaisdabomb
      @heyaisdabomb 4 місяці тому +2

      Most people, including business owners, are not these "smart" people. It's a screening method to weed people out, but someone who smokes weed isn't implicitly a bad employee, and vice versa. There's a big law gap, but thank our education system for that.

  • @jzerrotr
    @jzerrotr 4 місяці тому +8

    The lady in pink looks like she's on something illegal herself 😂😂😂😂

  • @LoyaltyMakesYouFamily-dd1sl
    @LoyaltyMakesYouFamily-dd1sl 4 місяці тому +6

    Drug tests should be drug tested

  • @slowbro1337
    @slowbro1337 4 місяці тому +28

    Record number of jobs wasting cash on detecting weed in the pee.

  • @moroaica3660
    @moroaica3660 4 місяці тому +67

    Maybe stop policing what employees do off the clock?

    • @moroaica3660
      @moroaica3660 4 місяці тому +11

      @@TheBlueThird If you're not impaired at work, it's irrelevant.

    • @ICU1337
      @ICU1337 4 місяці тому

      @@moroaica3660 thats not how addiction or drug use works... That follows you everywhere. It doesnt take time off from affecting your life between the hours of 9-5 M-F.

    • @ChrisF_1982
      @ChrisF_1982 4 місяці тому +1

      @@TheBlueThird No it doesn't anyone with more than one brain cell knows thc doesn't actually impair you.

    • @Kartzchen
      @Kartzchen 4 місяці тому

      Working with people who smoke MJ is a drag. The brain is affected and impaired for up to a week. People acting odd because MJ has impaired their ability to handle stress.

  • @Countrycashflow
    @Countrycashflow 4 місяці тому +12

    Used fake urine on 3 test and passed all of them

    • @Grasshopper.80
      @Grasshopper.80 4 місяці тому

      Took mine on Wed 😂

    • @jetfire245
      @jetfire245 4 місяці тому +2

      0:58 oh but "quest knows" lmao. 😂

    • @joshlidowdie24
      @joshlidowdie24 4 місяці тому

      I used a pee bag for years!!!!!! You can buy them at almost every smoke shop🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

  • @thedeceptivekhan
    @thedeceptivekhan 4 місяці тому +16

    In the state of California it is now illegal for a prospective employer to ask a potential employee about Marijuana use. It is also illegal for them to require a Drug Metabolite Test for employment save for a few exceptions (Doctors, Heavy Machinery Operators, Etc.). Hopefully this becomes the norm in all Legal states.

    • @stevengillespie6444
      @stevengillespie6444 4 місяці тому +2

      Yeah. The still test for most blue collar jobs that pay a living wage

    • @thedeceptivekhan
      @thedeceptivekhan 4 місяці тому

      As of January 1, 2024, CA A.B. 2188 eliminates urine and hair testing as options for most employers since they detect “non-psychoactive THC metabolites” that indicate past use.
      Unless you're applying for a job as a Federal Employee, a surgeon, a construction worker, or to be in law enforcement, an employer cannot use a drug test to discriminate against you for employment in Ca.

    • @brandenhylton8272
      @brandenhylton8272 3 місяці тому

      ​@@thedeceptivekhan constructions = blue collar. If you have the ability to put something in or through your body, or something a long the lines of major injury or death, they will still be tested.

  • @chuck4714
    @chuck4714 4 місяці тому +28

    They didnt mention the most effective method. Synthetic urine. Its gotten me 4 different corporate jobs

    • @penguin32383
      @penguin32383 4 місяці тому +5

      Yeah, I literally lol'd when the host said "the labs can tell".

    • @glidden67
      @glidden67 4 місяці тому +2

      Which one you recommend?

    • @jzerrotr
      @jzerrotr 4 місяці тому

      Hheeeellll yeah same here.

    • @crinklecut3790
      @crinklecut3790 4 місяці тому +5

      Yes! Urine-Luck kept me employed for many years. It’s a shame I even had to do it though- it was just marijuana and now it’s legal where I live and my employer doesn’t even test for it now.

    • @stevengillespie6444
      @stevengillespie6444 4 місяці тому

      ​@glidden67 quick fix. Been using it for over 10 years

  • @donwan2637
    @donwan2637 4 місяці тому +21

    Whoever using animal urine for they drug text needs to quit whatever drugs your using

  • @DonovanJamesOfficial
    @DonovanJamesOfficial 4 місяці тому +3

    Stop drug testing and just let people do the job. The bad ones will weed themselves out.

  • @Hersheydimples
    @Hersheydimples 4 місяці тому +7

    Just legalize it man

  • @dmo848
    @dmo848 4 місяці тому +3

    Water, drink a whole lot of water. About a gallon and your good.

  • @Reptar4000
    @Reptar4000 4 місяці тому +2

    Why is congress not tested

  • @chadskogfeldt8413
    @chadskogfeldt8413 4 місяці тому +4

    She didn't understand why people with higher paying jobs had more disposable income to spend on drugs

  • @captzoom1778
    @captzoom1778 4 місяці тому +5

    The problem is marijuana stays in your system for 30 days or more you could do it on vacation and take a test 3 weeks later and it'll be positive and that shouldn't affect your job I could see if you were high on the job but they don't have a test for that yet just like alcohol you're allowed to drink but you're not allowed to drink while you're working

    • @Kartzchen
      @Kartzchen 4 місяці тому

      Believe me, dope smokers suck under pressure or any kind of stress. It seems to last over a week after use. You smoke dope stay away from me, I don't want to babysit you.

  • @DavidMueller666
    @DavidMueller666 4 місяці тому +3

    BAN DRUG TESTING

  • @patricajackson417
    @patricajackson417 4 місяці тому +6

    I feel it’s a waste of money as people will ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO CHEAT!

  • @maximusdburritius5420
    @maximusdburritius5420 4 місяці тому +3

    They need to do something. I use delta 8 which is federally legal and also legal in my state but guess who got fired for doing something legal that you can buy legally at vape shops and gas stations just like alcohol? That's right this guy.

  • @antdog8888
    @antdog8888 4 місяці тому +3

    I want to know how many men found out they were pregnant 🤰

  • @swingair-internationalairw6150
    @swingair-internationalairw6150 4 місяці тому +11

    idk about you, but i sleep better with weed. I wake up feeling energized and ready for a productive day.

  • @nex-ex5100
    @nex-ex5100 4 місяці тому +4

    Legalize weed and we won't have to.

  • @ShinjiKataoka
    @ShinjiKataoka 4 місяці тому +3

    One word: CORRUPTION

  • @matthewdurand72
    @matthewdurand72 4 місяці тому +3

    It's about time to start thw conversation with the young children about a living wage and affordable housing, and would it be a better USA if all people had a chance to raise a family with the job that they have

  • @al5152001
    @al5152001 4 місяці тому +10

    Oh! Really! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    I know a guy that cheated on his drug test….Later found out he was pregnant 🤣

  • @Wheelgauge-bt7ox
    @Wheelgauge-bt7ox 4 місяці тому +3

    Ferret pee would blow their minds in the lab🤡

  • @DisEnchantedPersons
    @DisEnchantedPersons 4 місяці тому +1

    Managers make workplace safety, not drugs.

  • @jungleforeva
    @jungleforeva 4 місяці тому +6

    I use turtle pee. It’s less messy to harvest

  • @joekev27
    @joekev27 4 місяці тому

    What has always bugged me about these tests is you could smoke weed 2 weeks ago and still fail while someone can do some coke the same week as the test and still pass it.

  • @ricardocruzjr581
    @ricardocruzjr581 4 місяці тому

    It should be illegal to drug test workers. Unless it’s that much of a safety sensitive job.

  • @carlosrodriguez-xt1ug
    @carlosrodriguez-xt1ug 4 місяці тому +2

    "No...not people cheating on the drug tests"......said no one ever.

  • @blessedfire365xgf
    @blessedfire365xgf 4 місяці тому

    And BJ is such a horrifying example making our white house dark

  • @jermainec2462
    @jermainec2462 4 місяці тому +2

    duhhhh .... old school media be behind on everything ...

  • @robertmedina3982
    @robertmedina3982 4 місяці тому +2

    How many reporters cheat on there test?

  • @Ken-si4xi
    @Ken-si4xi 4 місяці тому +1

    Because the Government and States are allowing THC in every store on the corner.

  • @TuthillKaperonis
    @TuthillKaperonis 3 місяці тому

    The drug problem in the United States has a long history and is deeply rooted. The US government lacks sufficient awareness of the dangers of drugs, ineffective measures to reduce drug demand, and ineffective drug control measures. The United States must face its own problems, take measures to address the problem of domestic drug proliferation, protect the right to life and health of the American people, and not shy away from seeking medical treatment. Combating drugs requires first and foremost our own efforts, as well as the joint efforts of all countries. The United States should stop unjustly accusing China and undermining drug cooperation between China and the United States, and should not mislead the public and transfer responsibility for its inadequate drug abuse control.

  • @michealklee8844
    @michealklee8844 4 місяці тому +2

    So what It’s a scam that we have to take a drug test and the boss and his nepo baby kids do not the movie wolf of wallstreet was a true story which shows how the bosses are constantly using

  • @jetfire245
    @jetfire245 4 місяці тому +2

    0:58
    "they can tell"
    Yeah, if you do it wrong.

  • @tammyharris2642
    @tammyharris2642 4 місяці тому

    I don't think most people realize how much of the population smokes pot. It's not new. It's just become a conversation lately.

  • @hera7884
    @hera7884 4 місяці тому +2

    I lost a corporate job because of marijuana.

    • @Kartzchen
      @Kartzchen 4 місяці тому

      Good.

    • @hera7884
      @hera7884 4 місяці тому +4

      @@Kartzchen how is that good? It’s fully LEGAL here. Imagine telling someone “good” because they lost their job. You must be fun to be around

  • @brandonlance4life
    @brandonlance4life 4 місяці тому

    glad to live in Oregon, bless god and thank you that’s that. I do miss you greatly grandpa & my great Grandma

  • @JMyoutube1
    @JMyoutube1 4 місяці тому +4

    I was asked to take a random drug test at my job, and I know it wasn't justified.
    It was because of my hair and skin color.
    So i pooped 💩 in the container.
    The lady freaked out when I turned it in and yelled, "we wanted a urine sample."
    I replied with, "You can deal with what i gave you."

  • @nearby222
    @nearby222 4 місяці тому

    They need that escape now, but they don't want people to know that it's something they do, they're trying to say that is becoming more acceptable now but then why would they be cheating on the test?

  • @bluesdoggg
    @bluesdoggg 4 місяці тому

    Here’s a strange idea, come up with a test to determine if someone is actually under the influence of THC at the time of the test 🤷🏽‍♂️. People have been losing their jobs for years over using cannabis while on vacation or on their own time, days or weeks before a drug test.

  • @ungrateful-66
    @ungrateful-66 4 місяці тому +1

    They need to test for alcohol and stop lying about how it takes too long or is too expensive.

  • @ZolaClyde
    @ZolaClyde 4 місяці тому +4

    How drug testing NOT a violation of one’s Civil Rights? Excepting pilots, bus drivers, train engineers, cops (who needs a drugged up cop w/a gun,they’re bad enough when sober) and jobs where you hold people’s lives in your hands, no one should be forced into drug testing for a job unless there’s reason (like smelling to high heaven of alcohol, for example.) What or what isn’t in my, or anyone else’s system is absolutely none of the employers business. My psych meds would flag me and then they’d need a note from my psychiatrist. This was for a minimum wage job at Home Depot about 10 years ago. Told them that was absolutely none of their business and invasive.

  • @Jasonronsteinberger
    @Jasonronsteinberger 4 місяці тому

    good, we're a supposed free country

  • @waldoperry8604
    @waldoperry8604 4 місяці тому +2

    Just legalize weed

  • @zachcarter7610
    @zachcarter7610 4 місяці тому +3

    They need to stop testing for thc

  • @N0B0DY_SP3C14L
    @N0B0DY_SP3C14L 4 місяці тому

    Rather than spending more money on more modernized testing, which ultimately reduces workers' wages, why don't companies and their insurers relax these company-wide blanket policies, and save the test requirements for critical applications? For example, people whose decisions affect the lives of millions of others every day, like members of congress, or supreme court justices, presidents, etc.? Remember, "The State" is also a corporation. Food for thought.

  • @sgtpepperz25
    @sgtpepperz25 4 місяці тому

    Yeah, we want to smoke a little after work and not be fired for it...this would have never been a thing without Cannabis prohibition!

  • @Couchflyer-NY
    @Couchflyer-NY 4 місяці тому +1

    Can’t help view this with skepticism. Maybe I should check Quest’s stock prices. Recently, several of my friends have applied for jobs expecting to be tested. They weren’t. Also, I’m in a recreational state. Cannabis won’t keep you from a boring, mundane and meaningless job.

  • @brandonlance4life
    @brandonlance4life 4 місяці тому

    it should legal EVERYWHERE, Weed, medicine cannabis

  • @marcosreyes6485
    @marcosreyes6485 4 місяці тому

    So parents are basically telling their kids, do as I say not as I do. We all know that's what churches preach.

  • @ChosenOne6666
    @ChosenOne6666 4 місяці тому +1

    They mean attempt to cheat

  • @melikebuttz4265
    @melikebuttz4265 4 місяці тому

    Thank God

  • @The7WISDOMSOFPROVERBS
    @The7WISDOMSOFPROVERBS 4 місяці тому +2

    Test for alcahol

  • @philiplarocca8246
    @philiplarocca8246 4 місяці тому +1

    These women saying not operating heavy machinery. When your done your job of operating heavy machinery, you can smoke as much as you want. Then go back to work the next day. So, you need to do you jobs correctly and say things correctly as news broadcasters and pay attention to detail. When you're saying that, you're implying someone is smoking and then going and operating heavy machinery. Most people if they do smoke, smoke when they go home after work at some point.

  • @Bonesph
    @Bonesph 4 місяці тому

    People want to work and use drugs.

  • @JamesKonzek-xr5zy
    @JamesKonzek-xr5zy 4 місяці тому

    Good.

  • @seth_sesu
    @seth_sesu 4 місяці тому +2

    Good 👍 employers have no business violating the privacy of their employees.
    Drug tests only make sense in narrow circumstances like healthcare workers or people operating heavy machines. Nowhere else.

  • @jzerrotr
    @jzerrotr 4 місяці тому

    Nooooo
    I'm so flabbergasted, so shocked, like OMG. 😱No way

  • @israel3538
    @israel3538 4 місяці тому

    Cause we wanna smoke. Soon they won’t be able to refuse to hire someone for smoking weed due to it becoming a schedule 3 if you’re a med patient

  • @tiney24girl
    @tiney24girl 4 місяці тому

    yes her in New York

  • @teotronia
    @teotronia 4 місяці тому +15

    drug test donald j trump

    • @johnphantom
      @johnphantom 4 місяці тому +2

      The Whitehouse Dr. during Chump handed out all kinds of Schedule II drugs.

    • @spankyssurprise1361
      @spankyssurprise1361 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@johnphantomThey always have.

  • @kenofken9458
    @kenofken9458 4 місяці тому +1

    Good. Fascist BS.

  • @jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678
    @jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678 4 місяці тому +2

    I'm guilty lol

  • @jeepguy4499
    @jeepguy4499 4 місяці тому

    NARC!!!!!

  • @FurthermoreJack
    @FurthermoreJack 4 місяці тому

    In recreational states , the sober person passed through a second hand smoke cloud otw to pee

  • @THEONENONLYMJO
    @THEONENONLYMJO 4 місяці тому

    They are just finding this out 😂

  • @josephalbarran_cs
    @josephalbarran_cs 4 місяці тому +1

    just tell us what works 😂😂😂

  • @elisciachristie6984
    @elisciachristie6984 4 місяці тому

    Dame

  • @Alan-yd7jh
    @Alan-yd7jh 4 місяці тому +1

    Yeah people like to get high ....who knew.........

  • @blessedfire365xgf
    @blessedfire365xgf 4 місяці тому +1

    God bless in the name of Jesus Christ our lord 🙏

  • @ChrisPBacon198
    @ChrisPBacon198 4 місяці тому

    Do People Still Get Tested For Weed LOL

  • @Litvagopnik
    @Litvagopnik 4 місяці тому

    Skill issue

  • @ligmasphere901
    @ligmasphere901 4 місяці тому

    Good

  • @lowboyyy
    @lowboyyy 4 місяці тому

    my bad

  • @morvieous
    @morvieous 3 місяці тому

    Im scared of megan 😂

  • @dariusowens1060
    @dariusowens1060 4 місяці тому

    Wanna pass the pee test
    Drink Certo and poweraid
    Mixed together the day
    Before and the day of
    Your test.

  • @MJC1891
    @MJC1891 4 місяці тому

    Bro shut up.

  • @thewiseguy3529
    @thewiseguy3529 4 місяці тому

    I'll give you a hint, aircraft mechanics lol

  • @mojomau
    @mojomau 4 місяці тому +1

    Quest drug itself hiring all criminals who are very rude to their customers. They should be investigated .

  • @kaypee7677
    @kaypee7677 4 місяці тому

    Skeezys

  • @turtleplates
    @turtleplates 4 місяці тому

    well when a drug is made legal in most states but still wanna fire people for it .. this is what you get .. lol

  • @ladivasobougie706
    @ladivasobougie706 4 місяці тому

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @Grasshopper.80
    @Grasshopper.80 4 місяці тому

    Hahahahaha Yoooo 😂😂😂😂😂😂
    Quest😂😂😂😂

  • @Charlie-phlezk
    @Charlie-phlezk 4 місяці тому

    😂

  • @guineapigzed
    @guineapigzed 4 місяці тому

    Violating fourth amendment

  • @samuelsirota2816
    @samuelsirota2816 4 місяці тому +2

    Employers need to stop invading privacy and just be happy people even were forced to be working in the first place

  • @geekmeister3997
    @geekmeister3997 4 місяці тому

    That’s a man