2022 Revised Employer Toolkit

Adult use of marijuana is now legal in New Jersey. The DDW toolkit has been revised to help employers comply with recent changes affecting their workplace policies and procedures.

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MUST READ: N.J. can use ‘drug recognition experts’ to determine if you’re high, judge says

In a report expected to have a big impact on how New Jersey determines who is high on the job as well as a legal challenge to state rules on impaired driving, a court-appointed special master has concluded the testimony of so-called Drug Recognition Experts can be admitted as reliable evidence in such cases..

• Rethinking workplace safety in legal cannabis era in New Jersey

The change in the cannabis landscape creates challenges for companies that want to create or maintain a safe workspace while also respecting the rights of their employees. 

• Nearly $80 million in N.J. legal weed was sold in first 10 weeks

Adult recreational weed sales in New Jersey generated $79.7 million in total sales between April 21 and the end of the fiscal year on June 30, according to numbers released by the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission.

• Driving While High: NJ Cannabis Industry Holds Key To Message

A survey from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found 95% of respondents feel there is some sort of danger in driving a car while over the legal alcohol limit, but fewer than 7 in 10 felt the same way about consuming cannabis before getting behind the wheel. 

• Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached all time-high in 2021

Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, reaching historic highs in this age group since 1988, according to the Monitoring the Future (MTF) panel study.

• Addiction and Substance Abuse in a Post-COVID Era: Navigating Stormy Employment Waters

As employees continue returning to work in a post-pandemic era, employers are facing new and difficult challenges on a scale not experienced prior to March 2020

• Time for change: Federal ban on marijuana use causes more harm than good

A decade ago, Americans were evenly split on whether to legalize marijuana.

• Employers should spend money on interfering with mental health in the workplace

Psychologist Patrick Cyra says companies “should be paying for it” when talking about the importance of mental health in the workplace. 

• The importance of workplace drug testing: Why is workforce positivity for marijuana a problem?

Delta-9 THC – the psychoactive compound that gives marijuana users a high – is a real risk to workplace safety and isn’t the benign, harmless substance it may be believed to be by many Americans.

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