WEBVTT MARIJAUNA CARDS--BUT STILL FACE PERIODIC DRUG TESTING. MICHEAL MAHONEY IS LOOKING INTO THIS FOR US: DOCTOR AUTHORIZED MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARDS IN MISSOURI MAY HAVE COMPANIES IN THE METRO RE-THINKING THEIR WORKPLACE DRUG POLICIES: IF YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS ONE OF THESE CARDS, AND IS AT WORK, IT DOESN’T CHANGE THE EMPLOYERS ABILITY TO TEST FOR DRUGS. MARIJUANA IS STILL ILLEGAL UNDER FEDERAL LAW, NO MATTER WHAT STATES ARE DOING. TO THIS POINT, HOWEVER, THE FEDS HAVE NOT CHALLENGED THE STATES ON THIS. HOUSH KNOWS MANY FIRMS ALREADY HAVE DRUG AND ALCOHOL WORKPLACE POLICIES. BUT MEDICAL MARIJUA WILL BE DIFFERENT: MARIJUANA STAYS IN YOUR SYSTEM FOR UP TO 30 DAYS. SO, WHEN YOU GET TESTED FOR MARIJUANA, IT MAY SHOW IN YOUR SYSTEM, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE, NECESSARILY. MANY FIRMS ALREADY HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON WORKERS WHO MAY BE ON PRESCRIPTIONS, FROM OPERATING CERTAIN KINDS OF MACHINERY. OR PERFORMING CERTAIN KINDS OF WORK. SOME HUMAN RELATIONS DIRECTORS SAY THEY EXPECT THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA POLICIES TO BE SIMILAR TO THE GUIDELINES FOR WORKERS WHO MAY HAVE A CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITION. AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NOT MUCH CASE LAW ON THE ISSUE. THE MAIN GUIDELINE WILL PROBABLY BE THE CORPORATE POSITION ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA. NOW THEY’VE GOT SOME TIME TO WORK THIS OUT. THEY WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ISSUING MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARDS IN MISSOURI UNTIL LATE NEXT YEAR, OR IN 2020. MICHEAL MAHONE