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MUST READ: From Stigma to Support: The Strategic Value of Recovery-Friendly Workplaces

In the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s recent blog, David Martinak explains why creating a recovery-friendly workplace (RFW) is not only a compassionate initiative; it's also a strategic business move.

• Murphy Names Amelia Mapp to Cannabis Regulatory Commission

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate Amelia Mapp, an executive with a biopharmaceutic company and the wife of Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp, to serve as a commissioner of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission.

• How Construction Managers Can Deal with Changing Marijuana Laws

The changing legal tapestry combined with requirements for testing in some federal contracts have vastly complicated construction employers’ approaches toward pre-employment, on-the-job and post-incident cannabis testing, especially in states with laws that protect workers’ off-duty marijuana use.

• Study to Test New Approach for Detecting Cannabis in Breath

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder are partnering to test whether a new breath-test strategy can reliably detect recent cannabis use.

• When an Off-Duty Construction Worker Saved a Life Using Narcan

Jimmy Kelly, a professional painter in metro Boston, exemplifies why naloxone should be a staple in every workplace–particularly construction.

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