Employers were least likely to engage in drug testing if they resided in a state that has legalized the adult use of marijuana.
Region: DC
Federal statistics have identified the suspension of over 72,000 truck drivers as a result of failed drug tests; over half of those failed tests were for marijuana.
In all, the agency identified 553 banks and 202 credit unions that are "actively providing banking services to marijuana-related businesses."
Friday’s vote marks the sixth time that members of the House have advanced the SAFE Banking Act to the Senate either as an amendment or as a stand-alone piece of legislation.
“Our goal is to do it in April. Then we begin the nationwide push, spearheaded by New York, to get the federal law done,” Senator Schumer said.
An even greater majority of those polled said that they did not expect the President to take any substantive action on the issue in 2022.
“As of December 2021, states reported a combined total of $10.4 billion in tax revenue from legal, adult-use cannabis sales.”
#1: Legislatures in five states enacted adult-use legalization laws in 2021 marking a significant change from past years when similar laws were enacted almost exclusively via citizens’ initiatives.