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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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Bimonthly News Update

MUST READ: Cannabis commission slow to implement workplace rules, the sale of edibles

Consumers, business leaders, and pro-cannabis advocates continue to accuse the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission of dragging its feet on changes they seek to the nascent adult-use cannabis industry.

  • Former AG: Local prosecutors need to step up and shut down New Jersey’s Illegal cannabis market

While the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“CRC”) is carefully regulating the issuance of licenses and now the manufacture and sale of legal cannabis, convenience stores and “vape” shops around New Jersey are selling illegal cannabis products with reckless abandon, sometimes in stores just down the street or around the corner from state-approved and regulated dispensaries.

  • New Jersey Cannabis Law: Weeding Out Misconceptions

This article examines some recent legislative and judicial developments related to the legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis in New Jersey and offers guidance for employers.

  • Weed is legal in New Jersey. Now lawmakers must brace for impact. Here's why

As New Jersey does the work of establishing its adult-use recreational cannabis industry, among the many challenges it is facing is the disparity between an electorate that legalized cannabis by voter referendum with nearly 70% support but is significantly less enthusiastic about the industry setting up shop in their own communities.

  • Long-awaited bill to end federal ban on marijuana introduced in U.S. Senate

Long-awaited U.S. Senate cannabis legislation that would end the federal ban on marijuana while encouraging research and taking steps to help minority communities hardest hit by the war on drugs was introduced Thursday.

  • Drug use among transportation professionals is on the rise - YouTube

As of May – the most recent data available – almost 130,000 truck drivers have found themselves in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

  • State & Local Legislation Prohibiting Testing for Marijuana Does Not Apply to DOT Employers

Recently, some states and local governments have passed legislation prohibiting employers from testing for marijuana. FTA employers are reminded that state and local legislative initiatives have no bearing on DOT regulated testing programs.

  • Oral drug testing making its way through federal approval process

Wisconsin Drug Testing Consortium (WDTC) is staying attuned to a proposed rulemaking change that is making its way through The Department of Transportation (DOT) approval process pertaining to the use of oral drug testing.

  • Supporting sobriety at work: How Salesforce created inclusion with ‘Soberforce’

In late 2020, working as a regional VP for the enterprise sales team at Salesforce, she sent a company-wide message to 50,000 of her colleagues, identifying herself as an alcoholic, sharing her journey to sobriety, and inviting her coworkers to join a new sober-focused employee group called Soberforce. 

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