Bimonthly News Update

PDFNJ will be hosting a FREE webinar Thursday, February 10, at 1pm - "How to Address Marijuana in the Workplace". This webinar is open to all NJ residents, so we strongly encourage you to share this information with your employees, family and friends and business associates. If you have any questions, please contact Bill Lillis, Drug-Free Workplace Coordinator, at bill@drugfreenj.org or 862-253-6808.

• Murphy Could Allow Grow Your Own in New Jersey

There haven’t been many more polarizing issues than the legalization of marijuana in New Jersey.

• The Current Landscape of Federal Law Governing Cannabis

For the past 50 years, federal law has prohibited the use, cultivation, and distribution of cannabis.

• PA Medical Marijuana Act Requires “But For” Causation to Succeed on Discrimination Claim, Federal Judge Says

The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (“MMA”) contains an anti-discrimination provision, that prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee “solely on the basis of such employee’s status as an individual who is certified to use medical marijuana.” 

• How to Avoid Going from Drug Use to Misuse

Drug use is not inherently an issue, but misuse and addiction are conditions that are cause for concern. Here are tips to manage use.

• A growing problem for women in the workplace: Alcohol addiction

Women now drink as much as men. In fact, they now comprise the fastest-growing population of alcohol users in the U.S.

• State study (Massachusetts) finds fatal opioid overdoses rose among workers

Fatal opioid overdoses nearly doubled in recent years among Massachusetts workers, with the construction, farming and fishing industries among the hardest hit sectors, according to an updated study from the state Department of Public Health released Monday.

• Employees don’t want to work with someone with an addiction

The stigma around drug and alcohol addiction is, for many, an insurmountable hurdle on the journey to sobriety.

• It’s OK to Not Be OK addiction and substance misuse education

It’s OK to Not Be OK, the City Employee wellness campaign, is now focusing on education about the disease of addiction.

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