In the last 5 years, there has been a 60% increase in the number of employees getting high at work – according to an EHS Today article, High Reliability Organizations anticipate and respond to avoid catastrophic safety risk.

Guest Contributor Christine M. Jensen shares that despite short-term challenges, the best long-term strategy for employers and employees is to continue cannabis testing.

With increased legalization and acceptable use of marijuana, positive oral fluid, urine, and hair test results no longer provide as much value.

Recent reports indicate that marijuana positivity rates are rising, but is this really cause for alarm?

What should employers do now that marijuana legalization has disrupted workplace drug testing that hasn’t really changed in 30 years?

A tragic train crash over 30 years ago led Congress to pass laws that are the origin of today’s workplace drug testing.

“‘The difference with the test and the reason why it’s groundbreaking, is it has a window of detection that lasts only a few hours,’ said Doug Boxer, the company’s chief of policy and strategic initiatives.”

As more states legalize marijuana use, employers, providers and legislators grapple with the interplay between legal use, impairment and safety risks at work. The drug testing programs that employers have historically used as an effective deterrence and detection tool are no longer useful when addressing marijuana.

In the era of cannabis legalization, it is important to understand “When” someone used cannabis, not just “If.”

The latest from the industry leaders and scientists working to help balance SAFETY+FAIRNESS™ in the era of cannabis legalization.