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MUST READ: NJ Workers Who Lose Job Offer After Drug-Testing Positive for Pot Are Out of Luck, Court Says

New Jersey job applicants who are denied a position because they tested positive for marijuana have no legal recourse to sue the employer, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

• U.S. DOT Stumbles through Rollout of New Workplace Drug Testing Regs

The U.S. Department of Transportation is once again clearing up a “factual impossibility” regarding the inclusion of oral fluid testing in its workplace drug testing programs.

• What May I Ask Users of Medical Marijuana?

Can we ask job seekers to disclose on their applications whether they use medical marijuana?

• Fewer California Workers Were Dying on the Job. Then Fentanyl Happened

As the nation continues to struggle with an opioid crisis now supercharged by fentanyl, overdoses have become one of the leading causes of workplace deaths. 

• Psychedelic Drugs in Corporate America – C.E.O.s Are Tripping

Psychedelic drugs have come a long way. They once belonged to the counterculture (tune in, drop out). Now they are finding a home in the c-suite.

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