--- title: Wanted: Cannabis Reporter (Must Pass Drug Test) description: The Denver Post is seeking a reporter for its specialist website The Cannabist, but the successful candidate must pass a drug test. canonical: https://time.com/4281659/cannabis-reporter-denver-post-drug-test/ author: Simon Lewis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-05T04:04:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:21.276Z og:title: Wanted: Cannabis Reporter (Must Pass Drug Test) og:description: The Denver Post's recruitment policies may disappoint some candidates og:url: https://time.com/4281659/cannabis-reporter-denver-post-drug-test/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40a5da46cdc7c7cf/69888dab2dce0101339e87af/gettyimages-561684535.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4896 og:image:height: 2754 og:image:alt: GettyImages-561684535 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wanted: Cannabis Reporter (Must Pass Drug Test) twitter:description: The Denver Post's recruitment policies may disappoint some candidates twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40a5da46cdc7c7cf/69888dab2dce0101339e87af/gettyimages-561684535.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Just Don't Inhale: Newspaper Seeks Cannabis Reporter Who Can Pass Drug Test > Sponsored content. 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A [job notice](https://www.journalismjobs.com/job-listings/1629168) posted Monday by _The Cannabist_ — a groundbreaking specialist website [launched](http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/11/23/rolling-papers-trailer-documentary-film-poster/44264/) by _The Denver Post_ as Colorado in 2014 legalized the commercial sale of cannabis for recreational use — may have an opportunity. _The Denver Post_ is seeking a journalist to produce stories its paper and the site, which [carries](http://www.thecannabist.co/about/) news on legalization battles across the U.S. and Canada, articles on the business of growing and selling pot, as well as “pot-rooted recipes” and “gear reviews.” The job is specifically for a data journalist, and requires familiarity with “self-created visuals” — that means maps, charts and graphs, as the ad points out. However, as some interested candidates will no doubt be disappointed to hear, “As with every _Denver Post_ position, a qualified candidate must successfully pass a drug test,” the ad says. > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fcingraham/status/717135063599738881) Despite the legalization of cannabis in Colorado, many companies still test their staff for the narcotic — which remains a controlled substance under federal law — as _The Denver Post_ has itself [reported](http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci%5F25341314/colorado-employers-increase-testing-drug-use-survey-shows). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4281659/cannabis-reporter-denver-post-drug-test/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4281659/cannabis-reporter-denver-post-drug-test/"},"headline":"Just Don't Inhale: Newspaper Seeks Cannabis Reporter Who Can Pass Drug Test","datePublished":"2016-04-05T04:04:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:21.276Z","description":"Objectivity is important","url":"https://time.com/4281659/cannabis-reporter-denver-post-drug-test/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Colorado","Drugs","Denver","Media","cannabis"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40a5da46cdc7c7cf/69888dab2dce0101339e87af/gettyimages-561684535.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Simon Lewis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/simon-lewis/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40a5da46cdc7c7cf/69888dab2dce0101339e87af/gettyimages-561684535.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-561684535","caption":"The interior of a medical and recreational marijuana grow facility in Denver, Colorado.","creditText":"Jon Paciaroni—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4281659/cannabis-reporter-denver-post-drug-test/","name":"Just Don't Inhale: Newspaper Seeks Cannabis Reporter Who Can Pass Drug Test"}}]}] ```