Workplace Drug Tests OK With Canadians If Weed Legalized: Poll
More than three in five Canadians say companies should be allowed to administer random drug tests to employees when marijuana is legalized, a new poll finds.
The poll from Insights West found 62 per cent of respondents would support drug-testing policies. That number rises to 70 per cent among those aged 55 and over, and 71 per cent among those who voted Conservative in the last election.
A larger majority — 84 per cent — back giving police the right to arrest someone suspected of driving on drugs, in order to administer a urine test.
There are few laws governing drug testing in Canada, but — unlike in the U.S. — courts over the years have restricted when and how employers can drug-test employees.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2013 that random drug testing in the workplace violates a worker’s right to dignity and privacy, but allowed...
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