How do/should employers handle marijuana in states where it is legal?

[Penguinfan]

With PA soon getting medical marijuana I doubt legal recreational pot will be far behind and other states already have legal recreational pot so I'm wondering how employers handle it? My initial reaction is they probably should handle it like alcohol where it's fine to consume, you just can't be under the influence while at work. The problem is pot stays is your system for a lot longer than alcohol so while the acceptable limit of alcohol in your blood at works would be 0% that couldn't be true for marijuana.

I'm no weed expert, is there a level of THC in your body that dictates if you are considered under the influence or high? Is it possible to get that level through a blood/urine test or is it just a positive/negative kind of thing?

Clearly getting high at work isn't going to fly, but what if you get high Friday night and Monday morning get sent for a drug test? Clearly you are no longer high, but are gonna test positive.

For the usual suspects, no, I'm not looking for ways to cheat a test nor am I lighting up anytime soon. Those days are long behind me, but I am curious how employers are handling it and what the legal implications are if they decide on a zero tolerance policy.

 

[MadJack]

Massachusetts: The results of Question 4 were certified on Dec. 14, 2015, and recreational marijuana use became legal the next day. The law maintains the authority of employers to ?enact and enforce workplace policies restricting the consumption of marijuana by employees;?

Alaska: Measure 2 passed in 2014. Companies that had drug testing policies in place were allowed to keep using them. Those who had none could not immediately start testing until they carefully followed a series of protocols to ensure employees are being treated fairly. Otherwise, the employers would not be immune to legal consequences. Steps include creating clearly defined rules, such as which employees the policy applies to, identifying the consequences of testing positive or refusing to be tested, and so on. Companies also have to provide written copies of the policy and do so at least 30 days before it takes effect;

Nevada: When voters approved Question 2 in November, the rules for drug testing employees were unchanged. Public and private employers are not prohibited ?from maintaining, enacting and enforcing a workplace policy prohibiting or restricting actions or conduct otherwise permitted? under the act;

Washington: I-502 legalized marijuana in 2012. Like Alaska, employers were still allowed to conduct drug testing according to their written policies. The Boeing Co., for instance, still tests before employment, after accidents and where drug use is suspected. Among employers who do not test all new employees is the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, which only tests prospective enforcement officers; and

California: Proposition 64?s ballot summary says the proposition will not ?amend, repeal, affect, restrict or preempt ... the rights and obligations of public and private employers to maintain a drug- and alcohol-free workplace or require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, display, transportation, sale or growth of marijuana in the workplace, or affect the ability of employers to have policies prohibiting the use of marijuana by employees and prospective employees, or prevent employers from complying with state or federal law.?

 

[MadJack]

https://www.law360.com/articles/874547

 

[Salty]

Quit saying medical marijuana.... legal recreational pot... etc...weed is weed. Some of it comes from a donkeys ass in Mexico, some of it is grown in your neighborhood... some of it (most of it) comes from indoor warehouses and or outdoor farms. Shit

 

[Penguinfan]

Quit saying medical marijuana.... legal recreational pot... etc...weed is weed. Some of it comes from a donkeys ass in Mexico, some of it is grown in your neighborhood... some of it (most of it) comes from indoor warehouses and or outdoor farms. Shit

Sorry that you sat on your cheeseburger today. I'm only referring to states where it is legal in one form or another so it's important to make the distinction between medical and recreational.

States where it is 100% illegal still the question does not apply.

 

[Salty]

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Sorry that you sat on your cheeseburger today. I'm only referring to states where it is legal in one form or another so it's important to make the distinction between medical and recreational.

States where it is 100% illegal still the question does not apply.

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I understand what your saying.... it just silly to me. there's no difference between medical and recreational pot.

 

[Penguinfan]

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I understand what your saying.... it just silly to me. there's no difference between medical and recreational pot.

Certainly not in the product itself, I agree. Get caught with it in a state that only allows it for medicinal use without a medical card and there will be a big difference in how your day ends.

 

[T]

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I understand what your saying.... it just silly to me. there's no difference between medical and recreational pot.

Uneducated or misinformed...HUGE DIFFERENCE between MED and REC specifically in the edibles.

Weed is NOT WEED.

Different strains have different levels of THC and CBD's.

 

[Salty]

Certainly not in the product itself, I agree. Get caught with it in a state that only allows it for medicinal use without a medical card and there will be a big difference in how your day ends.

I disagree only because I've expierenced it. 2008 when pot was medical and not recreational here in California I was stopped with a quarter... 7 grams.... I didnt have a rec or liscense to show . the cops only concerns were that it wasn't over an ounce and it wasn't being sold.... I was on my day in about 5 minutes. Now I know California is very lenient... but how about this. In 2011 I was caught smoking a blunt with another 2 grams in my pocket just down the street from my hotel in Houston.... Texas does not tolerate pot at all. All the officer did was make me throw water on it and in the dumpster.... it's all about your character and how you respect the cops.

 

[Salty]

Uneducated or misinformed...HUGE DIFFERENCE between MED and REC specifically in the edibles.

Weed is NOT WEED.

Different strains have different levels of THC and CBD's.

the same shit you get from your buddy is the same shit at the store. Just Not as big of a variety

Duh fresh turds different strains have different levels of thc and cbds. Your trying to tell me I have to go to a special medical marijuana shop to get that specific strain? And that specific level of thc? I can't just go get from a "buddy" which is probably the source to the shop if the shop isn't already growing it themselves?

Easy there turds I've been in the business for a while

 

[Salty]

Sound to me you think everything just comes from one big huge lab that supplies everything. And you probably believe the tch levels that are written down by the 15 dollar employees. How about all the names of the different strains. Are those actually the names of the strains or did the employees just make the shit it up to make it seem like there constantly getting new product?

:mj07: I love customers like you

 

[Salty]

About the edibles. companies who make edibles usually make edibles and that's it. Now where do you think they get the leaves and flowers from to make the ingredients for the edibles ? Some special lab? Not too mention majority of companies use the absolute worst flowers. And the CBd content that is printed on the product is never accurate. Not even close.

 

[MadJack]

About the edibles. companys who make edibles usually make edibles and that's it. Now where do you think they get the leaves and flowers from to make the ingredients for the edibles ? Some special lab? Not too mention majority of companies use the absolute worst flowers. And the CBd content that is printed on the product is never accurate. Not even close.

Sounds like they need some regulation. :0003

 

[Salty]

Sounds like they need some regulation. :0003

There are some multi million dollar companies who have bigger facilities that need regulation as far as cleanliness etc... however as far as the actual product goes and what it's turned into... doesn't really matter where it's coming from. No ones going to let Joe Schmo come and inspect his grow. Growers are very Private and kee to themselves. Tou either like the product the source is bringing or you don't....The only kind of regulation is cops making sure your not growing more than you should and you have the proper documents to grow. That's it. They could careless how it's grown or what ingredients are added to the natural process to increase the level of thc.

 

[Salty]

Shit about ten years ago there was an employee at a shop who would rent out a kitchen from a restaurant for few hours in the wee hours of the morning.. make her edibles and then sell em at the shop the same day. even came up with their own packaging...Walmart...

 

[MadJack]

Shit about ten years ago there was an employee at a shop who would rent out a kitchen from a restaurant for few hours in the wee hours of the morning.. make her edibles and then sell em at the shop the same day. even came up with their own packaging...Walmart...

It was 1975 and 4 of us ate brownies that had 2 ounces in it. The most fucked up I've ever been and it was NOT pleasant. No way I would ever eat weed again no matter what the circumstances.

 

[Salty]

It was 1975 and 4 of us ate brownies that had 2 ounces in it. The most fucked up I've ever been and it was NOT pleasant. No way I would ever eat weed again no matter what the circumstances.

:mj07: Eating too much can really fuck with your head. Feels like your spinning out of control.

 

[MadJack]

:mj07: Eating too much can really fuck with your head. Feels like your spinning out of control.

Holy shit, I'll never forget!

It took about 2 hours to eat a batch of brownies split 4 ways. God it was horrible. Then it took a couple hours to hit us. No mass.

 

[Betone]

It was 1975 and 4 of us ate brownies that had 2 ounces in it. The most fucked up I've ever been and it was NOT pleasant. No way I would ever eat weed again no matter what the circumstances.

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For days man !!!:lol:

 

[MadJack]

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For days man !!!:lol:

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