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0 pointsgitfan862y ago0 comments

Putting a rocket into orbit requires a good understanding of science and reality. There is no actual scientific proof that occasionally using marijuana is a bad thing that would make a potential employee a bad employee.

Maybe politicians don't like that reality, but they are not the ones putting people into orbit.

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robotresearcher2y ago

The traditional explanation is that drug users can be blackmailed and security compromised by adversaries threatening to reveal federally prohibited behavior.

It seems antiquated.

Edit: as cannabis use is transitioning to decriminalized, testing specifically for that will become antiquated. Standing crimes of course will remain leverage for bad guys.

gpm2y ago

Eh, I buy that "habitually committing crimes" makes it easier for adversaries to blackmail you. Seems like evergreen logic that doesn't get antiquated.

matthewdgreen2y ago

It's an evergreen that can be easily repaired by eliminating silly categories of crime and social conventions. See e.g., the old restrictions on allowing gay people to hold security clearances, which stemmed from the fact that it was easy to blackmail gay people in a society that (foolishly) kept penalizing people for being gay. We lost Alan Turing because of stupid crap like that, god only knows what else we lost.

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rlt2y ago

On top of that, you should fire bad employees because they’re bad, not because they do drugs and may or may not be bad.

nonethewiser2y ago

To be clear, you think they are worse at building and launching rockets because they drug test employees? That seems like a stretch.

gitfan86OP2y ago

I didn't say that at all

nonethewiser2y ago

So you agree that is not sound reasoning?

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0 pointsgitfan862y ago0 comments

Maybe politicians don't like that reality, but they are not the ones putting people into orbit.

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robotresearcher2y ago

The traditional explanation is that drug users can be blackmailed and security compromised by adversaries threatening to reveal federally prohibited behavior.

It seems antiquated.

Edit: as cannabis use is transitioning to decriminalized, testing specifically for that will become antiquated. Standing crimes of course will remain leverage for bad guys.

gpm2y ago

Eh, I buy that "habitually committing crimes" makes it easier for adversaries to blackmail you. Seems like evergreen logic that doesn't get antiquated.

matthewdgreen2y ago

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rlt2y ago

On top of that, you should fire bad employees because they’re bad, not because they do drugs and may or may not be bad.

nonethewiser2y ago

To be clear, you think they are worse at building and launching rockets because they drug test employees? That seems like a stretch.

gitfan86OP2y ago

I didn't say that at all

nonethewiser2y ago

So you agree that is not sound reasoning?

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