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[...]of these developments, employers are in a position to consider what steps they should put into place to ensure that their workplaces are not subject to disruption or unsafe behaviour when marijuana is legalized. Current State of the Law In order to provide a road map of how employers should dea...

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Published in:Municipal world 2017-07, Vol.127 (7), p.7
Main Authors: Ward, Sean, Purgas, Anthony
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Drug legalization
Drug use
Federal government
Government employees
Legislation
Marijuana
Medical marijuana
Municipalities
Occupational health
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Summary:[...]of these developments, employers are in a position to consider what steps they should put into place to ensure that their workplaces are not subject to disruption or unsafe behaviour when marijuana is legalized. Current State of the Law In order to provide a road map of how employers should deal with a legalization of marijuana, it is useful to consider the current status of medical marijuana use and how medical marijuana factors into employment. Under the ACMPR, a person must obtain a substantive prescription from a medical doctor for medical marijuana use with certain details being specified in it, and must either purchase the marijuana from a licensed producer, or receive a permit to grow limited amounts of cannabis products for their own use. Any such policy should include the following: * clear guidelines of usage and possession; * ensure that the employer is flexible to the employee's human rights needs to the point of undue hardship; * differentiate between recreational use of drugs and dependency on drugs; and * allow the employer to send the employee for drug testing or otherwise submit to an independent medical examination. [...]municipalities may want to consider ensuring their human resources personnel have training in understanding the effects of marijuana use. MW The majority put significant weight on the fact that two supervisors who were made aware of the employee's medical marijuana use and did nothing about it. 1 Kathleen Harris, "Liberals table bills to legalize pot, clamp down on impaired driving", CBC...
ISSN:0027-3589