A review of medical cannabis use finds little evidence of benefit. Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science shows about its effectiveness. Addiction experts, who studied hundreds of clinical trials, guidelines and surveys conducted over 15 years, found a gulf between how the […]

The ADA Does Not Require Employers to Tolerate Use of THC During Work Time. This is a summary of an article by Jonathan Crotty of the law firm  Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP. We encourage you to read the article in its entirety. An employer smelled marijuana and discovered that an administrative employee was […]

Why is synthetic urine the Go-To for beating drug tests. This article highlights some of the reasons. This article is summarized below and contains our comments. We recommend you read the article in its entirety. Synthetic urine, once a niche item, is now very popular. Synthetic urine is a lab-formulated liquid that mimics the chemical […]

This article in HR Management and Compliance explores what employers need to know about marijuana drug test in the age of legalization. The article is summarized below. We encourage you to read the article in its entirety. Employers have long relied upon drug testing as the most objective way to determine whether an employee is […]

A growing number of marijuana users are driving while high and it results in fatal crashes according to a new report. Why is this important for employers to know? Because if an employee performing job functions for an employer is in an accident and can be proved to be using Marijuana the employer is held […]