The basics are that Marijuana and work don’t mix, especially when it comes to occupational safety. An excellent article in Occupational Health & Safety briefly outlines the dangers of marijuana use in the workplace. Employee drug use in your workplace can cause accidents, injuries to third parties, loss of your company’s reputation, loss of revenue […]

On March 19, 2024, the Connecticut Appellate Court upheld an employer’s right to discharge an employee for being impaired on the job from medical marijuana under a state law that provides employment protections for qualified medical marijuana users. This situation should give employers added confidence in taking steps to maintain a safe workplace environment. We […]

A truck driver killed two people and injured dozens in a fatal head-on crash with a school bus has been arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide, as well as ordered to cease operations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration following a history of illegal substance abuse. [R&A Comment: We believe this article should […]

Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization program has failed. America’s most radical experiment with drug decriminalization has ended, after more than three years of painful results. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has pledged to sign legislation repealing the principal elements of the ballot initiative known as Measure 110: Possessing hard drugs is again a crime in Oregon, and courts […]

Does UPS and Sysco and Frito-Lay drug test their employees? We thought it would be beneficial to bring you the practices of UPS and Sysco and Frito-Lay in drug testing. If your firm does have a drug testing program, you might want to see if UPS and Sysco and Frito-Lay do drug testing in a […]