“There are no empirically supported thresholds for blood or oral fluids that reliably indicate cannabis impairment,” investigators concluded.
Topic: Drug Testing
The study’s authors cautioned against relying on ocular measures as evidence of cannabis-induced impairment, suggesting that the tests lacked the accuracy and specificity necessary to be a valid evidentiary tool.
Second-hand cannabis exposure for 15-minute intervals triggered positive test results.
The policy removes cannabis “when used legally off-duty for medical or recreational purposes” from the county’s definition of illegal drugs.
“Gainful employment should be accessible to everyone regardless of the type of medical treatment they receive.”
Public Law 23-27 eliminates pre-employment marijuana screening for most public jobs.
Marijuana-related investigations far outnumbered those triggered by allegations of maternal tobacco or alcohol use.
Consistent with prior studies, investigators concluded, “The correlation between drug concentration was high for ethanol, … but low for THC.”