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Use of medical marijuana is legal in 18 states and the District of Columbia. Colorado and Washington also allow recreational use. At the same time, many employers have zero-tolerance drug policies. Marijuana is different from alcohol. It can be detected in the body for weeks after it has been used. An employee could use it on the weekend and still test positive at work the next week, even when he or she is no longer impaired. This raises some interesting …

Black and white Americans use marijuana at roughly equal rates, but black users are nearly four times more likely to be arrested, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU study used FBI crime reporting statistics and census data to track marijuana possession arrest rates by race from 2001 to 2010. The results show that blacks were busted for possession more often than whites virtually everywhere in America. It’s not an urban or regional phenomenon — …

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed a bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. By reducing the penalty for getting caught with up to an ounce of marijuana to a civil fine, Vermont became the 17th state to reclassify simple pot possession. Under the new law, which takes effect July 1, fines for first-time adult offenders would not exceed $200. People under age 21 who are caught with an ounce or less of marijuana would be subject to …

Washington and Colorado both passed laws in 2013 allowing the recreational use of marijuana. Nineteen states plus the District of Columbia allow medicinal use of marijuana. Do these changes mean that you can now drive with marijuana in your system?  Yes and no, depending on where you are and how much you use. Just as you are not allowed to drive after drinking too much, you are not allowed to drive after using too much marijuana. Just how much is …

As reported in Lawyers.com, a Florida couple is suing to get marijuana back from the Manatee County sheriff’s office. Cathy Jordan suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, and her husband says she needs the marijuana to alleviate her pain. Florida has not passed a law legalizing medicinal pot, although the state has an exception to its criminal statutes, prohibiting prosecution of the medical use of marijuana. Take our poll on government seizure of medical marijuana and compare your views with other …