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Are You in the Weeds on Marijuana Drug Testing?

What do the new drug testing rules and long-term marijuana users have in common?  Confusion, paranoia, and poor judgments!  [i] [ii]   Remember when drug and alcohol policies in the workplace used to be cut and dried?   A candidate or employee’s positive test meant refusal, dismissal, or a last-chance rehab at the employer’s discretion.  Now, with newly legal pot-friendly states popping up every month, hiring managers …

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Don’t Break and Bake

I recently hired a young man named Bud, and he worked hard to deserve the name.    On day one, Bud was friendly, enthusiastic, and integrated easily with the rest of the staff.  He impressed me with his aptitude, and I was excited about his potential. However, soon I started noticing Bud was unusually low key in the mornings and it would take a …