New 2026 cannabis bills in Mississippi, Hawaii, and Nebraska reveal the next wave of drug testing challenges for employers.

In 2019, Jared* was set to move across the country to start a new job at a clean-energy company. After he accepted the offer, the company told him he'd need to take a drug test, a requirement he says ...

While many individuals are excited about the proliferation of state laws providing for medical and recreational use of marijuana across the country, inconsistencies in these state laws have made it ...

Substance abuse in the United States isn’t a new phenomenon and, in fact, drugs being abused today were once regarded as medicine. In the 19th century, for example, heroin and cocaine were approved ...

Miami University recognizes that one of its most important obligations to its employees and students is to maintain a complete alcohol- and drug-free workplace. Assess need for medical treatment. If ...

Q: I heard California recently enacted a law that prohibits testing employees for marijuana use. Does that change my company’s drug testing process? A: On Sept. 19, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law ...

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When New York lawmakers made recreational use of marijuana legal, they also made it illegal for most employers in the state to drug-test workers for cannabis. That applies across all occupations, from ...

Pre-employment drug testing can feel overwhelming for many employers. What are the rules? Do certain drugs matter more? What doesn’t matter at all? What can you let slide? The hard part is that ...

Today, in some industries, taking a drug test is as routine as filling out a job application. In fact, workplace drug testing is up 277 percent from 1987 - despite the fact that random drug testing is ...

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