I have my state issued medical marijuana prescription card.
Medical marijuana is very good for what ails you!
What about medical marijuana and your job?
Why should marijuana be any different than any other physician written prescription?
If you have been prescribed any medicine that can effect your work performance STAY AWAY FROM WORK!
(Since I don't work anymore it's not an issue with me!)
Oldcatman (Still tokin' after all these years!)
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****How Does Medical Marijuana in AZ Affect Employers?
PHOENIX - Medical marijuana is about to become a reality in Arizona as dispensaries set up for business, doctors write out prescriptions and patients apply for cards to use medical marijuana.
But how does this affect employers?
What rights do they have concerning workers who may have been prescribed medical marijuana?
Many medical marijuana advocates liked the wording of Prop 203, which stated that employers could not discriminate against medical marijuana card holders -- even if they had a positive drug test -- as long as they weren't impaired on the job.
A new bill has passed that seems to further that position, but it also tells employers what they can do if they suspect drug abuse among employees.
After Prop 203 passed in November allowing pot for certain patients in our state, employers were put on notice they would have to follow regulations regarding employees or potential employees who legally light up.
John Alan Doran is a labor attorney. He told FOX 10 that legislation that passed this week will help clear up the matter for Arizona's business owners as far as drug testing and impairment on the job are concerned.
“You have to have other forms of reasonable suspicion coupled with a positive test result when you’re dealing with a cardholder. It does lay it out for cardholders, but there’s still a fair amount of ambiguity,” Doran said.
That reasonable suspicion, according to HB 2541, is called a “good faith belief” that an employee may be high on the job, and that is not allowed.
But a positive drug test for medical marijuana cardholders doesn't mean they're guilty of doing anything wrong either.
“Everything that’s illegal in the first place is still illegal. The key for 2541 was to make clear that you can’t retaliate against an employee for being a cardholder. But at the end of the day, an employee can’t bring it to work and can’t be impaired at work,” Doran said.
HB 2541 is waiting for Gov. Jan Brewer’s signature or for her to let it pass into law without a signature.
Associated Press
