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Smoking pot in D.C. could cost Va. workers their jobs

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 23:56

You can go for a ride with the Pineapple Express - or any other strain of cannabis - while visiting friends in D.C., but you might get fired from work back home in Virginia as a result.

Legalized marijuana is closer than ever, now that adults can smoke, grow and share it in the nation's capital. But some local companies are sticking with tests that screen employees for the drug because it's still illegal in Virginia.

A local employment law expert said businesses must be more cautious about dismissing workers for positive drug tests now that marijuana is legal in some parts of the country - but users with a prescription likely have more protection than those who smoke just because, well, they like getting high.

"In Virginia, what if you are hiring an applicant from out of state?" asked Kristina Vaquera, a shareholder with the Norfolk office of Jackson...

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