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For many people, there has always been a lot of tension between weed and work. Required drug tests are often part of the job application process. Similarly, some employers require their employees to periodically take drug tests. Either way, these tests place serious limitations on a person’s freedom to consume weed on their own time. But now, that could be changing in Wisconsin as the state introduces a bill prohibiting employers from requiring drug tests.
Fixing the Problem of Drug Tests
According to local Wisconsin news sources, Representative David Bowen, a Democrat from Milwaukee, introduced the bill. His proposal would prohibit employers from requiring job applicants and employees to take drug tests that screen for THC.
For Bowen, the root of the problem lies in how long THC stays in a person’s system. Unlike a lot of other substances, cannabinoids tend to remain in your body for a relatively long time.
For example, THC will stay in your blood for one to two days after you consume cannabis. THC also stays in your saliva for one to two days after consuming it. But the timeline gets a lot longer when you’re looking at a urine drug test.
Depending on how much weed you consume and how frequently you consume it, a urine test can pick up on THC for anywhere from five to 65 days after you last got high.
All of this means that if you smoke tonight and then are forced to take a drug test at work next week, you might fail that test—even though