Veterans Affairs employees can still be fired for using marijuana even in states where the drug is legal, department officials said in a new message sent out to employees this week. The memo, described as a “self-explanatory, simple reminder” by VA leadership, applies to all department staffers and was signed by VA Secretary Robert Wilkie. It specifies that employment with […]
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MLB to stop testing minor leaguers for marijuana as part of new drug agreement, report says
MLB and the MLB Players Association are negotiating changes to the drug agreement that would introduce opioid testing. As part of the new drug agreement, MLB would also remove marijuana from the league’s list of banned substances for minor-league players, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. Players on the 40-man roster are not tested for marijuana, […]
MLB and players’ union mull testing for opioids while easing marijuana penalties
When healthy, Kyle Blanks could crush a baseball. In the final 32 games of 2009, his rookie season with the San Diego Padres, playing in a home field so cavernous it was known as Petco National Park, Blanks hit 10 home runs. But he never hit that many home runs in a season again, his […]
Marijuana Testing of Job Applicants Is Barred by New York City in Groundbreaking Measure
Most employers in New York City would no longer be able to force job applicants to take drug tests for marijuana use, under a bill overwhelmingly approved this week by the City Council. If the drug-screening law is enacted, it would put New York in relatively uncharted territory. Several drug policy and employment experts said […]
As marijuana gets legalized, companies drop THC testing of employees in Florida
At the Ed Morse empire of auto dealerships, testing for THC no longer is part of the hiring process. Ed Morse Automotive Group this month stopped screening for marijuana metabolites before offering positions to job candidates, says Teddy Morse, chairman and chief executive of the 1,200-employee company. Ed Morse Automotive Group still tests for signs of cocaine, heroin and […]
Testing positive for marijuana won’t get you fired at more than half of Colorado companies, survey says
A recent survey has found more Colorado employers are relaxing their marijuana testing policies and fewer of them are firing workers who test positive for weed compared to a few years ago. Only 48 percent of Colorado companies with “well-defined” drug testing policies will fire a worker for a first-time positive test for pot, according […]
How the Legalization of Marijuana Affects the Employer-Injured Worker Dynamic
By Denise Elliott and Paul Clouser Is there overlap between Pennsylvania’s 2-year-old Medical Marijuana Act and the much much older Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act? You bet there is. Just look at the list of qualifying medical conditions for which a Pennsylvania resident may obtain medical marijuana. Is there overlap between Pennsylvania’s 2-year-old Medical Marijuana Act […]
More employers are dropping marijuana from drug tests. Here’s why the trend in Iowa is a slow burn.
Job providers are going to greater lengths than they have in 20 years to find their best fits. They’re more proactive in recruiting. They’re trying to hire people faster. They’re even dropping certain drugs from employment screening in non-government, non-transportation occupations. Many more businesses have shifted away from mandatory marijuana testing in the past six months, said James […]
Closing the Gap between Cannabis and Employee Drug Testing Data
A study by Quest Diagnostics released earlier this month, the Quest Diagnositcs Drug Testing Index (DTI), reported that based on more than 10 million workplace drug tests, the number of workers who tested positive for marijuana is on a 5-year upward trajectory. Overall, the research found that the number of positive marijuana urine tests increased […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America Part 5 (1984-1988)
Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis policy. […]
