With medical cannabis now legal in 15 states and the District of Columbia, the issue of medical pot in the workplace is becoming increasingly significant, affecting various companies and government agencies as well as thousands of individual medical marijuana patients . The ongoing conflict between the legal right to self-medicate versus concerns over workers being intoxicated on the job warrants a closer look at the recent history and latest developments regarding medical marijuana in the workplace. In Montana, a state where medical marijuana may soon be outlawed, House Bill 43 (HB 43), sponsored by Gary MacLaren (R), would create certain exceptions to the protections granted by the state marijuana law, significantly increasing the number of employees that could face random drug tests. More damaging, if medical marijuana is discovered via testing, an employee could be fired, regardless of their level of intoxication or even their previous job performance history; all wiped out with o...
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