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Minnesota set to launch roadside impairment test for marijuana

November 21, 2023
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Select law enforcement officers in Minnesota will soon have a new tool in their arsenal to catch cannabis-impaired drivers: a saliva-based roadside test. As required under the state's new recreational marijuana law, Minnesota is launching a pilot project to gauge if…

Michigan ends marijuana testing for newly hired state employees

The state of Michigan is ending a long-standing policy that mandated newly hired state employees to be tested for marijuana before starting their jobs. Members of the Michigan Civil Service Commission unanimously voted last week to eliminate the decades-old practice.…

Mold in marijuana? Connecticut’s rules are less strict than other states

Connecticut is joined by only Florida and Maryland in setting the mold limit as high as 100,000 CFU/g. But safety standards vary widely across the nation. Branford resident Alex London uses cannabis to help with lingering back pain and migraines…

Legal cannabis poses a quandary for US companies screening staff for drugs

Workers at Wyatt Bassett's furniture factory in Virginia use powerful tools to churn out the company's trademark dressers and headboards, so screening new hires for drugs is a no-brainer. Or it used to be. Virginia last year fully legalized marijuana…

Michigan police say faulty marijuana tests could impact more than 3,250 cases

September 1, 2022
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Michigan state police say tests intended to detect THC in blood aren’t working, and haven’t for years. Several thousand criminal cases may be impacted by the revelation. The agency has halted further blood toxicology testing for THC until a third-party,…

South Dakota adds new standards for testing medical cannabis

The South Dakota Legislative Rules Committee passed new rules Tuesday that adds regulations for testing medical cannabis. The rules would also clarify tracking system requirements, and with the latest legislative changes, according to the Department of Health. Several bills related…

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NYPD walks back decision to end of marijuana testing for officers

The New York Police Department announced Wednesday it would no longer randomly test police officers or job applicants for marijuana, but then subsequently sought to walk back that directive. An internal memo shared with the Times Union, which was authored…

Utah isn’t testing medical marijuana for potential disease-causing contaminants. Robert Gehrke explains why.

June 10, 2022
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Due to an equipment shortage, the state said it suspended testing for E.coli, salmonella and several kinds of molds that cause illness, especially among the immunocompromised. For over a year, Utah has not been testing medical marijuana for several pathogens…

D.C. lawmakers pass a bill that would ban firing employees for failed marijuana tests

The city council in Washington, D.C. unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that, if approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser, would stop employers from firing employees who fail marijuana drug tests. The bill, named the Cannabis Employment Protections Amendment Act of 2022, would also…

Thousands of pounds of marijuana forced off shelves in Michigan’s largest cannabis recall

November 19, 2021
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Tens of millions of dollars worth of marijuana was recalled from more than 400 dispensaries in Michigan because the lab that tested the cannabis produced inaccurate or unreliable results, according to the state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA). It’s the largest…

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Marijuana industry reps try to sell state lawmakers on process to help reduce testing costs in Oklahoma

October 26, 2021
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Cannabis industry representatives told Oklahoma lawmakers during an interim study Monday that adopting standard practices used by food and drug makers could make medical marijuana cheaper and safer. They tried to sell lawmakers on process validation, a system where data…

Georgia

Georgia Lawmakers Tackle Medical Marijuana Testing

September 15, 2021
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Georgia’s Medical Cannabis Commission Oversight Committee must decide how the state would conduct required testing of cannabis oil before the rollout of the state’s medical marijuana program. The committee was supposed to recommend a process and plan for providing accredited…

Amazon backs marijuana legalization, drops weed testing for some jobs

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday it supports a proposed U.S. legislation to legalize cannabis at the federal level, and would drop weed-testing requirements for some recruitments. The e-commerce company's public policy team will be actively supporting The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and…

NBA players representing Team USA to resume marijuana testing

While the NBA has not tested players for marijuana since March 2020, NBA players in consideration to represent Team USA at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be subject to World Anti-Doping Agency testing, according to a memo sent to…

USADA ‘essentially’ eliminating marijuana use as UFC violation

The UFC has "essentially" struck marijuana as a punishable offense in its anti-doping policy, the promotion and anti-doping partner USADA said Thursday. Beginning retroactively Jan. 1, a positive drug test for carboxy-THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, will no longer…

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