[MCOH-EH] Question on medical marijuana

[arlen rollins]

This has become a common problem and I have reached out to many other
medical centers about this during my time with Banner Health.  The
consensus is we do a urine drug screen and if it is present we recommend
"no safety sensitive duty" due to its psychological effects.  I recommend
you refer to the ACOEM consensus statement on Marijuana in the workplace

Arlen J. Rollins, D.O., M.Sc, FACPM

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 5:01 AM, Shea, Joann <jshea at tgh.org> wrote:

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> Our state passed a medical marijuana bill this year for persons with
> specific disorders such as epilepsy, cancer, Alzheimers, etc.  The
> legislature is still finalizing the specifics, but we are meeting this
> month to discuss how we will manage an employee who has a medical marijuana
> card.    Because federal law still considers marijuana illegal and our
> hospital must comply with the Federal Drug Free Workplace Act, I assume we
> will continue with not allowing marijuana utilization as an active
> employee.   We are considering allowing employees to take medical leave or
> FMLA while utilizing medical marijuana, but  most employees who are working
> will be taking it for seizures or chronic pain and will probably be
> prescribed to use it long term.
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> Any advice from other states where medical marijuana is used?   Thank
> you.
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> *JoAnn Shea, ARNP, MS, COHN-S*
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