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As New Jersey Voters decided to legalize recreational use of marijuana Drugs Don't Work in NJ will be hosting a FREE webinar Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 11am - "Marijuana in the NJ Workplace". 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.

• What’s impeding New Jersey’s cannabis amendment?

The New Year’s Day deadline until New Jersey’s constitutional amendment authorizing recreational marijuana takes effect is fast approaching, along with the final scheduled legislative voting session of the year. 

• N.J. lawmakers reach deal on legal weed bill, plan to vote later this month

Lawmakers have reached a deal on a bill that will launch a legal marijuana industry in New Jersey, clearing a path for the bill to pass later this month.

• Workplace pot protections to depend on Supreme Court hearing 

A deal has been reached on marijuana legalization, setting it up for final legislative passage next week, though some details of the agreement – in particular, how it will be governed in the workplace – have not yet been revealed.

• Concerns about People High at Work Delays Pot Legalization Vote

Monday was supposed to be a monumental day in Trenton – the passage of a bill legalizing recreational marijuana. Instead the voting sessions were canceled amid a group of policy disagreements, including how to handle workplace safety concerns

• Federal drug-testing program unchanged despite new state marijuana laws: SAMHSA memo

Although some state drug laws recently have been revised to legalize marijuana, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is reminding officials that the federal government’s Drug-Free Workplace Program has not changed.

• Does the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act Require Accommodation of Medical Marijuana Use? Not (For Now)

In Harrisburg Area Community College v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, No. 654 C.D. 2019, (October 29, 2020), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently examined the interaction between Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (MMA) and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA).

• Legalization of cannabis should not prevent employers from maintaining drug-free workplace

Through the twists and turns on the road to legalized recreational cannabis in New Jersey, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association has charted a singular, center course — workplace safety protections.

• House passes marijuana decriminalization bill

The House on Friday passed a bill decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level, a sweeping measure that aims to reduce racial inequities in drug arrests

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