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Department of Transportation Cautions Employers About CBD Use By Regulated Workers

The Blunt Truth

We have had inquiries about whether the Department of Transportation-regulated safety-sensitive employees can use CBD products. It is important for all employers and safety-sensitive employees to know: The Department of Transportation requires testing for marijuana and not CBD. .

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CDC Issues Guidance for Employers to Address Possible Marijuana Use by Drivers

The Blunt Truth

Last month, the Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, issued a bulletin directed to employers with workers who drive as part of their jobs. Train managers and supervisors on policy requirements and best practices for recognizing and documenting signs of possible drug impairment.

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Marijuana Legalization May Decrease Crime in Nearby States

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Law enforcement, policy makers, and public citizens have long debated how recreational marijuana legalization influences crime and public safety. Does access to marijuana result in an increase in violent crimes over state lines, or does it lessen crime and bolster public safety? WHY DOES MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION DECREASE CRIME?

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Marijuana Laws Impacting Employers Spread Like a Weed in 2021: A Year in Review

The Blunt Truth

On June 22, 2021, Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and older. In the case of a job applicant, an employer can rescind a job offer if an applicant tests positive for recreational marijuana so long as the employer makes the policy available to the applicant at the time of offer. Now is no different.

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Iowa Supreme Court Takes on Employer Drug Testing Practices

The Blunt Truth

The training must address a number of topics, including information on how to recognize employee alcohol and drug abuse, documentation of such abuse, and referral of employees who abuse drugs or alcohol to the employer’s employee assistance program or the provision of other resources available to assist employees with substance abuse.

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Illinois Amends Recreational Cannabis Law To Protect Drug Testing By Employers

The Blunt Truth

Earlier this month, Governor Pritzker signed into law SB 1557 , revising the Recreational Cannabis Law to expand permissible marijuana testing and related adverse action. The Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (410 ILCS 705) (the “Legalization Act”) legalizes recreational cannabis for Illinois adults starting January 1, 2020.

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Oregon: Deschutes County to form cannabis advisory panel in order to receive state tax revenue

Cannabis Law Report

But the state rule that governs how this money is allocated said a county must allow all licensed recreational marijuana activity in order to receive tax revenue, which meant once the county entered a moratorium on new processing and growing facilities, the county lost its right to the tax revenue.

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