Gee, I wonder how many of said employers weren’t really all that concerned with weed anyway. Among them is a nonzero number of those that’d prefer to be too baked to GAF. 😏💁🏼♂️
My Colorado Come-Up with Trippy Terps Farm My girl Tasha put me on to this plug she knew — a marijuana farm up in the Colorado mountains called Trippy Terps Farm. First deal scared me half to death. I pulled up alone, hands shakin’, but everything went smooth — too smooth. That’s what spooked me. I wasn’t used to people bein’ straight up.
Tasha dragged me out to the farmhouse next. And y’all… that place changed everything. Rustic mountain farmhouse, greenhouses full of healthy plants, a co-owner named Maya who talked about every strain like it was her child. Lab results on the wall. Real care. Real integrity. I walked in nervous and walked out a partner. But here’s the real part — while my business was growin’, my boyfriend was stealin’ from me. Takin’ money, swipein’ product, flippin’ it on me when I confronted him. Classic. I let it ride too long cause fear will keep you in places bravery should’ve pulled you out of.
One night it hit me: if I was brave enough to drive up a mountain and shake hands with strangers, I was brave enough to protect what was mine. Changed the locks. Moved my money. Cut him off. Never looked back. Two years later, Trippy Terps Farm is still my main supplier and my peace is priceless. Bravery ain’t the absence of fear — it’s showin’ up with your knees shakin’ and your voice steady anyway. Check 'em out at trippyterpsfarm.com.
In all the jobs I’ve ever had, I’ve never been tested, and I’m in my late 40s
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I was tested once as a grocery bagger in 1994. The shift manager came out and said she “just lost her job.” 😅
I got one: the hotel I was working for implemented one (back in mid 90s) if you were injured otj or did 200$ worth of damage you had to get tested (and be suspended for 3 days while waiting for the results)
Well, the chef poured hot oil from a pan on my arm, went to the clinic after work, then knew I was going to piss hot, went back in the next day (very high volume event weekend, everyone was needed) and basically the entire staff was demanding the chef who caused the accident get tested instead of me.
Nothing ever came from it, never got the results, everything was swept under the table…that would’ve been an easy lawsuit.
Its pretty standard practice, usually required as part of workers comp claims (and related insurance policies for companies), that people get tested for substances following a workplace injury. Plus employers would love to have an excuse not to pay out the claim, even if someone having smoked weed 2 weeks beforehand had no bearing on their injury.
One thing I find interesting about Colorado is that if someone is tested following an incident and tests positive, the company is still liable for 50% of the comp claim. Unlike in most places, someone being intoxicated or testing positive does not fully negate the responsibility of the company to pay out workers comp
