Real Life Incidents: Working Partners® Consortium members receive phone support and consultation about drug-free workplace (DFWP) issues — a benefit we term “troubleshooting.” Here is a brief description of a troubleshoot call and our response/suggestions.
Situation:
Working Partners® received a troubleshoot call from a Drug-Free Workplace (DFWP) Program Administrator, “Mike.” A supervisor approached Mike that morning after directly overhearing a conversation between two of his employees, “Brian” and “Matt.”
The employees were working on a task together and didn’t realize the supervisor was nearby. Brian was talking about having insomnia for the last few weeks and mentioned that he was thinking about trying marijuana gummies since his cousin had luck with them and is sleeping better.
The supervisor did not say
anything to the employees, but instead brought the issue to the attention of his Program Administrator, Mike, right after it happened. Mike then called Working Partners® as he was unsure how to address the situation in light of Ohio’s recent legalization of adult use marijuana.