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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.

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  • N.J. Cannabis Regulatory Commission adopts rules for recreational marijuana industry

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.

  • Navigating Marijuana Laws: It's Time for Employers to Review Related Drug Testing Policies

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.

  • Pennsylvania Court Holds Medical Marijuana Act Allows Employees to Sue for Discrimination

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.

  • Marijuana drug tests in the workplace would follow same standard as DUI, under proposed change in Illinois law

After years working successfully as an electrical substation operator for ComEd, Andre Burson said, he failed a marijuana drug test.

  • Opioid crisis prompts creation of toolkit for trades

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.

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