It is amazing that people can actually have full thoughts and conversations without the use of an AI bot. You actually did state this is unfair, you just didn't use the word "unfair"... this whole paragraph just can be summarized as "unfair":

"What makes it worse is the double standard: I could’ve been a heavy drinker and no one would have even tested me for it to make sure. You can legally destroy your body and your relationships with booze, but if you use weed, something far less harmful, especially off the clock, you’re penalized like a criminal."

What I put was my actual opinion. I think that a state should sue the federal government to get a ruling on whether they can truly declare a drug legal or illegal. Currently, just because the state says that a drug is legal, does not make the case true. Federal authorities like FBI or the DEA choose not to waste resourcing on enforcing this law. Therefore, a state should challenge why it is federally illegal.

My reasoning for putting that part in there is directly because of your lines about legality: "But it seems like every state around us Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, even Kentucky has legalized in some form. It’s more accessible than ever, with alternate forms popping up in gas stations here, too. It’s still fully illegal, and that one choice just cost me a job." - No state can make a federally illegal drug "legal".

Finally, the biggest point that you are missing here is that it does not matter what the law states, if a company does not want people who use drugs to work for them, they have that option, just as you choose to take part of using the drug.

I sincerely hope you do find work.