W EEKLY EDITION JULY 17, 2019
Legal Marijuana:
Driving the Portable Sanitation Industry Crazy…Part 1
By Karleen Kos, PSAI Executive Director
While this might be good news for the
people who make Doritos, it spells
hassle for portable sanitation
companies. Whether the possession
and use of pot is allowed in your state
or not, drivers are not allowed to have
it in their systems if they operate your
trucks.
Pot is popular and the issue is real.
Recreational marijuana was legalized
in Colorado in 2 014. Since then it has
also become legal in Alaska,
California, Illinois, Maine,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada,
Oregon, Vermont, Washington and
the District of Columbia. Medical
marijuana is now legal in dozens of
states and the District of Columbi a. A n ew CBS poll from April 2019 indicates a 65% approval for
legalization overall and 56% of Republicans agree with approval . That's an unprece dented jump of 5%
in just one year among these more conservative voters. According to an April 2017 poll by Yahoo News
and Marist College , more than half of Americans have tried the stuff, and 35 million are regular users.
In May 2018 the annual Quest Diagnostic s Drug Testing Index showed that marijuana use is up among
federally mandated safety - sensitive workers such as truck drivers, and employers are being faced with
more causes to require a test. Positive tests among these workers, which include truck drivers , were up
nearly 8% in states where marijuana has been legalized.
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