Recruitment discrimination of lifetime classic psychedelic users is unjustified : Evidence from employees' motivation-based workplace absenteeism

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Journal of Psychedelic Studies ; 6 (2022), 3. - pp. 203-210. - Akadémiai Kiadó. - eISSN 2559-9283
Abstract
Background and aims
Although large-scale population studies have linked the use of classic psychedelics (lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, or mescaline) to reduced odds of physical health problems, mental health problems, and criminal behavior, the roughly 35 million adults in the United States who have used classic psychedelics are nonetheless stigmatized in the American job market. Various federal organizations in the United States automatically reject applicants on the sole basis of prior psychedelic use, thereby practicing an open form of legal discrimination against these applicants. The present study investigates whether this discrimination can be justified based on associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and motivationally-based workplace absenteeism.

Methods
Using pooled cross-sectional data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2013–2019) on 193,320 employed adults in the United States, this study tests whether lifetime classic psychedelic use predicts the number of workdays employees skipped in the last month (i.e., motivationally-based workplace absenteeism).

Results
After adjusting for sociodemographics, physical health indicators, and other substance use, no significant association between lifetime classic psychedelic use and motivationally-based workplace absenteeism is found.

Conclusion
This study builds on classic psychedelic research that is just beginning to take work-specific outcomes into account and offers empirical justification for the elimination of arbitrary drug-based recruitment policies in the workplace.
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Psychedelics, workplace, recruitment, discrimination, workplace absenteeism
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ISO 690KORMAN, Benjamin A., 2022. Recruitment discrimination of lifetime classic psychedelic users is unjustified : Evidence from employees' motivation-based workplace absenteeism. In: Journal of Psychedelic Studies. Akadémiai Kiadó. 6(3), pp. 203-210. eISSN 2559-9283. Available under: doi: 10.1556/2054.2022.00240
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  title={Recruitment discrimination of lifetime classic psychedelic users is unjustified : Evidence from employees' motivation-based workplace absenteeism},
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  author={Korman, Benjamin A.}
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