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Originally Posted by bivenator
This question is only a hypothetical  . When one tests postitive in a drug test, the testing company will contact you with a series of questions. The questions are designed to determine if legal use or other drug use could have triggered the positive.
If one were in mexico and enjoyed a bit of the local flavor and then were tested back in the US, can you be terminated. I'm sure that you can, but what do you think?
I have tried to think of other examples where an action is legal in a different country but not in the US but have struggled to come up with another that would be similar to this situation.
How about sex laws in other countries? Some places have lower age of consent laws? Do we prosecute those people who are returning to the US after the "crime" was committed in a different country. |
I'm not taking a position here, and I hope this doesn't end up in PARF, and I hope Dorothy really does find Kansas.
That having been said.
There have been a series of recent arrests of USA citizens in the USA for 'crimes' committed abroad. The words 'Bangkok' and 'children' come to mind. The words 'Swiss MasterCard tied to numbered account' and 'UBS' come to mind. The words 'Abu Graib' and 'interrogation' come to mind.
In each of these cases, it was the US law that they are being charged with. Sometimes even though 'at the time of the offense' it was not an offense, except in intent to conceal. The sex crimes and the IRS crimes are pretty straightforward.
The military ones are a little grey. You ask me was what was done wrong? You'll get an honest answer. You ask, should they be prosecuted for following a superiors' command (lawful, legal or otherwise), and my forehead starts to twitch and hurt. Anyone that has EVER had a Marine D.I.'s hat brim poking his forehead will never forget what that feels like. Then the answer gets fuzzier (think of the movie 'A Few Good Men'). Have I EVER disobeyed a superior officers' command? H3LL no! I always thought of the brim of that hat. Still do to this day.
The drug thang? Change one little fact. The smoking was done in California, legally, with legally obtained dope (THC).
Does this change the results of the test or the inquiry after? Even the control sample and the follow-on questions involved with it?
You might want to have your resume updated, and get another job before your record shows the dismissal, and the criminal conviction.