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Marijuana legalization clashes with drug testing in the workplace

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 08:00

At a Society for Human Resource Management conference in Washington DC last month, a session on drug testing in the workplace was so heavily attended that organizers had to switch rooms to accommodate the audience. Even then, it was standing room only. And the hour set aside for the talk wasn’t enough: outside the hall, employment attorney James Reidy, the presenter, answered questions for 40 minutes afterward.

It’s easy to see why interest in drug testing is growing. The number of workers who tested positive for drug use had its first year-over-year increase in a decade. Meanwhile, across the US, states and municipalities are relaxing restrictions on marijuana use. “It’s becoming of increasing interest [to companies], mostly because of changing state legislation on medical and recreational marijuana use,” said Kate Kennedy, a spokeswoman for the Society for Human Resource Management.

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http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/apr/19/marijuana-workplace-drug-testing-employers-employees-medical-recreational

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