Ogletree Deakins: What Employers Should Know About Colorado's New Marijuana Use Law | Practical Law

Ogletree Deakins: What Employers Should Know About Colorado's New Marijuana Use Law | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the implications for employers of Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution, which legalizes the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado. Despite the passage of the law, Ogletree Deakins concludes that drug testing for marijuana remains permissible in Colorado, and that employers can still take action against employees found to be in violation of carefully crafted drug policies.

Ogletree Deakins: What Employers Should Know About Colorado's New Marijuana Use Law

Practical Law Legal Update 3-522-8261 (Approx. 3 pages)

Ogletree Deakins: What Employers Should Know About Colorado's New Marijuana Use Law

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Published on 30 Nov 2012Colorado, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the implications for employers of Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution, which legalizes the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado. Despite the passage of the law, Ogletree Deakins concludes that drug testing for marijuana remains permissible in Colorado, and that employers can still take action against employees found to be in violation of carefully crafted drug policies.