With increasingly relaxed attitudes toward marijuana legalization in the United States, some employers are evaluating their drug screening...
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Legalized Marijuana and Workplace Testing
Five Things Every Arizona Employer Should Know About Medical Marijuana
1. Employers are prohibited from disciplining an employee or refusing to hire a job applicant as a result of authorized medical marijuana use. 2...
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Little Reduction in Longer-Term Opioid Use in Most States
A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that there was little reduction in the prevalence of longer-term opioid...
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Reefer Madness Redux? What to Do Now That Illinois Has Legalized Medical Marijuana?
Effective January 1, 2014, Illinois became the 20th state to legalize medical marijuana. But the passage of this law has created concerns for...
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When U.S. Companies Drug Test, They Wind Up Hiring More Black People
Abigail Wozniak, a labor economist, has developed a model to show how the rise of employee drug testing in the U.S. has affected different...
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Colorado High Court to Rule on Rocky Mountain High
The issue of medical marijuana continues to make news in Colorado. Earlier this year, the Colorado Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of the...
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Workplace Drug Testing in the Era of Legal Marijuana
The passage of public ballot and legislative initiatives has resulted in medical marijuana laws in 23 states and the District of Columbia and...
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Federal Government Study Shows Persistent Substance Abuse In U.S. Workforce
Data from the SAMHSA study for the 2008-2012 periods indicated that an annual average of 8.7% of full-time workers in the 18-64 age range used...
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Marijuana in the Workplace
Colorado and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia, have enacted laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Those jurisdictions...
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What Will Legal Marijuana Cost Employers?
Some 23 states have legalized medical marijuana, four plus the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational use. This growth in...
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Nevada’s Medical Marijuana Law Takes Effect April 1, 2014
Nevada’s medical marijuana law, Nevada SB 374, explicitly states that it does not “require any employer to allow the medical use of...
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Drug Testing Index™ Reports Drug Use Among American Workers Declined 74% Over the Past 25 Years, Finds Unprecedented Analysis of More Than 125 Million Workplace Urine Tests
Drug use among American workers declined dramatically over the past 25 years, although the rate of positive test results for certain drugs...
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