Bill would outlaw rejecting job applicants who flunk a pot test
Nevada employers could be prevented from not hiring someone just because they test positive for marijuana, if a bill introduced in the Legislature Wednesday becomes law.
Assemblywoman Dina Neal, who is sponsoring the bill along with her fellow Democrats, Assemblymen William McCurdy and Edgar Flores, said it doesn’t make sense for jobs to omit people from participating in what the state now deems a legal activity. “It shouldn’t be a disqualifier in offering employment,” she said. “We know marijuana stays in the system for 30 days. So if you drug test someone (after smoking earlier in the month), you’re saying they are no longer eligible for a position they could have legally done 25 days ago?”
Ever since Nevada legalized recreational marijuana use, generating more than $400 million from sales, the state has been playing catch-up on corresponding issues such as how to treat past marijuana-related criminal convictions or where people can smoke.
Assembly Bill 132 is one of a handful of marijuana bills to be considered in the 2019 legislative session. “(Assemblyman) McCurdy is bringing back his bill that was vetoed last session regarding vacating past marijuana sentences,” Neal said. “If his bill moves forward, if this bill moves forward, we will be creating a form of equity.”
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