New York City bans testing job applicants for marijuana

It's about damn time!

When the Reagan regime began strongly encouraging drug testing by employers, some said it would be only a matter of time before states and cities would pass a law against it. Now it's finally happened - to an extent.

In New York City, City Council has just approved by a vote of 40 to 4 a measure that would prohibit most employers from requiring job applicants to be tested for marijuana use. Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign it into law. Experts can't find any other places in America with a law like this.

This law will affect public and private employers, though a few sensitive occupations are exempted. It also doesn't apply if workers appear to be under the influence at work.

But the law is broad enough to protect many workers - perhaps millions.

Still, Big Business groups complain that this bill is "overreach." As if drug testing isn't?

(Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/nyregion/marijuana-drug-testing-nyc.html)