Friends, Mississippi just enacted a bill authorizing medical marijuana. This is brand new here and my client is trying to proactively address many issues, one of which is HR policies for those who are prescribed medical marijuana. If anyone has a set of personnel policies regarding the use of medical marijuana by employees, or if anyone knows of any pitfalls with employer/employee relations and medical marijuana, or just have any thoughts to share, I sure would appreciate it. Thanks in advance and enjoy the weekend. Tony Anthony Nowak tony@smithphillips.com<mailto:tony@smithphillips.com> Smith, Phillips, Mitchell Scott & Nowak, LLP 2545 Caffey Street P.O. Box 346 Hernando, MS 38632 662-429-7888 (fax) 662-429-0107 www.smithphillips.com<http://www.smithphillips.com/> The information contained in this email transmission is legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further disseminate, distribute, or forward this email transmission message. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender. Smokeball Reference: e6f5974b-a6ed-4861-bdf2-274f511392ae/ac2c780c-a208-4b0b-be9e-7568388083db.

FYI, our Maryland county does *not* have a policy for medical use of cannabis. While MM is legal in Maryland an employer is not required to change their policies to permit its use by employees. Two major issues my client has are the lack of guidance from doctors on dose, frequency, etc. and the testing issues (no way to determine the difference between a person actively intoxicated on the job or one responsibly using MM off-duty.) That said, this position is being challenged in the courts. Interesting times! On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 2:47 PM Anthony Nowak <tony@smithphillips.com> wrote: > Friends, Mississippi just enacted a bill authorizing medical marijuana. > This is brand new here and my client is trying to proactively address many > issues, one of which is HR policies for those who are prescribed medical > marijuana. If anyone has a set of personnel policies regarding the use of > medical marijuana by employees, or if anyone knows of any pitfalls with > employer/employee relations and medical marijuana, or just have any > thoughts to share, I sure would appreciate it. > > > > Thanks in advance and enjoy the weekend. > > > > Tony > > > > Anthony Nowak > > tony@smithphillips.com > > Smith, Phillips, Mitchell > > Scott & Nowak, LLP > > 2545 Caffey Street > > P.O. Box 346 > > Hernando, MS 38632 > > 662-429-7888 > > (fax) 662-429-0107 > > www.smithphillips.com > > > > > > The information contained in this email transmission is legally privileged > and confidential information intended solely for the use of the > individual(s) named above. If you, the reader of this message, are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further > disseminate, distribute, or forward this email transmission message. If > you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the > sender. > > > > Smokeball Reference: > e6f5974b-a6ed-4861-bdf2-274f511392ae/ac2c780c-a208-4b0b-be9e-7568388083db. > _______________________________________________ > Counties mailing list -- counties@lists.imla.org > To unsubscribe send an email to counties-leave@lists.imla.org > -- Genevieve G. Marshall Senior Assistant County Attorney Anne Arundel County Office of Law 2660 Riva Road | 4th Floor | Annapolis, MD 21401 <https://maps.google.com/?q=2660+Riva+Road+%7C+4th+Floor+%7C+Annapolis,+MD+21401&entry=gmail&source=g> (410) 222-7888 (main) | (410) 222-4206 (direct) | (410) 222-7835 (fax) lwmars99@aacounty.org CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain confidential information protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges.