No images? Click here Bimonthly News Update PDFNJ will be hosting a FREE webinar Tuesday, September 14, at 1pm - "Marijuana in the Workplace: How to Comply with NJ Regulations". This webinar is open to any NJ business, so we strongly encourage you to share this information with business associates. If you have any questions, please contact Bill Lillis, Drug-Free Workplace Coordinator, at bill@drugfreenj.org or 862-253-6808. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission voted Thursday to adopt the first set of rules for cultivation, manufacture and sale of recreational marijuana in the state, it announced. A 2020 Gallup poll showed that 68% of Americans support marijuana legalization, which proved itself at the polls this past November when four more states — New Jersey, Arizona, Montana and South Dakota — voted to legalize recreational cannabis. On August 5, 2021, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held for the first time that Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) allows an employee to sue his or her employer for taking an adverse employment action based on the employee’s status as a certified user of medical marijuana. After years working successfully as an electrical substation operator for ComEd, Andre Burson said, he failed a marijuana drug test. A new Canadian toolkit of resources for dealing with substance abuse in the workplace has been released targeting the construction and transportation sectors specifically as the industries most in need of help. The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey would like to thank the sponsors below for their continued support Click the button below to receive your complimentary updates and become a Drugs Don't Work in NJ member We encourage you to share this bimonthly news update with your colleagues and business associates to stay informed on the issues regarding establishing and maintaining a drug-free workplace. |