More employers are dropping marijuana from drug tests. Here’s why the trend in Iowa is a slow burn. July 10, 2018 AggregatedNews Iowa 0 Comments 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.… Read More→
Closing the Gap between Cannabis and Employee Drug Testing Data May 21, 2018 Susan Gunelius HR and Staffing 1 Comment 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… Read More→
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America Part 5 (1984-1988) May 15, 2018 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Can Employers In California Still Test for Marijuana? May 1, 2018 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Recreational marijuana sales in California started in January, causing many employers in the state to re-evaluate their substance-abuse and drug-testing policies. But the rules governing marijuana and the workplace haven't really changed ... yet. Employers should note that they don't… Read More→
Drug Testing Post Pot Prohibition June 23, 2016 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal, Science and Technology 1 Comment Drug testing, one of the major components of the government's war on some drugs, like the unpopular policy itself, may be waning as cannabis commerce replaces prohibition. According to the American Management Association, drug testing in the workplace hit a… Read More→