Although recreational marijuana will soon be legal in Missouri, people will still need to be mindful of their marijuana intake if they have a job that regularly drug tests employees.
If your job prohibits marijuana use or wants to drug test you to see if you have weed in your system, they will be well within their rights even though Missouri voted to pass Amendment 3 on Tuesday.
Amendment 3 does not prohibit Missouri employers from having policies restricting marijuana use.
There will be some protections in place for medical marijuana users, but regardless of if a person is using medicinal or recreational marijuana, it’s still on employees to make sure that they are not impaired while on the job.
“There’s still the possibility of employment consequences if the employer has policies internally that prohibit such behavior,” marijuana defense attorney Greg Watt said.
Here’s a breakdown of what to know about weed and work.
Once Amendment 3 goes into effect on Dec. 8, medical marijuana cards cannot be used against patients seeking employment or while employed. That means an employer can’t discipline an employee or potential employee based only on the fact that a person is a medical marijuana patient, or because they consume marijuana outside of work.
However, these protections don’t necessarily mean that medical users can be impaired at work without consequence.
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