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• Philadelphia Considers Dropping Testing for Marijuana

  (October 20, 2017)

  (Fall 2017) To boost employment and decrease the city’s 26% poverty rate, Philadelphia’s mayor is discussing the idea of easing drug-free workplace standards for individuals using marijuana. Philadelphia does not […]

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• State-Specific Discrimination Law Starting to Gain Ground on Workplace Drug Policies

  (October 20, 2017)

  (Fall 2017) In June a judge ordered a public utility district (PUD) in Washington State to pay a former worker over $1.8 million for its infraction of the Washington Law […]

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• Employers Taken to Court Over Medical Marijuana

  (October 20, 2017)

  (Fall 2017) A Connecticut federal judge handed down a decision in August stating that federal law does not preempt the non-discrimination portion of the state’s Palliative Use of Marijuana Act […]

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• DOJ Wants Removal of Federal Medical Marijuana Indemnity

  (October 20, 2017)

  (Fall 2017) Opioids are not the only drugs on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ radar. Continuing his tougher stance, Sessions has turned his sights to marijuana. He is requesting that Capitol […]

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• States Restrict Opioids Issued for Acute Pain

  (October 20, 2017)

  (Fall 2017) Long-term opioid use and abuse often begins with treatment of short-term pain.  In reaction to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidelines issued last year cautioning providers […]

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