After Colorado legalized recreational marijuana use in 2012, Denver employers decided to take a harder stance on employee drug use. A Denver-based workplace survey indicates that one in every five employers report implementing tougher drug testing policies. Only two percent of respondents claim to have relaxed their requirements for marijuana testing. Seventy-one percent report no Read more »
What Can Go Wrong When Employees Use Drugs “Off Duty?”
Some job applicants and employees are annoyed at the thought of mandatory drugs tests. Perhaps they feel it’s an invasion of their privacy or that it’s perfectly acceptable to use drugs as long as they’re not actually at work when they indulge. In reality, employers face significant risks when their workers use drugs, even if Read more »
What Legal Marijuana Means to Denver Employers
While recreational marijuana use is now legal in Colorado, employers still hold all the cards when it comes to creating a safe working environment. That is largely because marijuana use is still illegal at a federal level. This broader illegality works in favor of employers who are concerned about workplace safety and want to continue Read more »
Major Denver Drug Trafficking Organizations Dismantled
A complex, two year investigation has led to the indictment of more than 50 dangerous gang members in the Denver metro area. In a bid to shut down two unrelated drug rings that were flooding the Denver area with illegal drugs, local and federal authorities dispatched hundreds of officers on June 6, 2014. Some of Read more »
10 Things You Need to Know About Colorado’s Recreational Marijuana Laws
Despite all of the media attention that the passage of Colorado’s Amendment 64 has received, there seems to be confusion about what marijuana legalization means. Here are 10 useful things to know. You can still get fired for using marijuana If you think you can use pot without getting in trouble at work, think again. Read more »
More Colorado Employers Are Testing for Drugs
While recreational marijuana use is legal in Colorado with the passage of Amendment 64, employers still have the power to make hiring and firing decisions based on marijuana use. Knowledge of this power is leading more employers to conduct drug tests or to increase the frequency and stringency of existing drug testing programs. Many in Read more »
The Benefits of A Drug Free Workplace
The workplace is an environment where productivity, professionalism, and a positive attitude must be fostered. By harboring such qualities, both the business and the employees thrive. However, there are many things that can disrupt and ruin this professional and productive environment. One such factor is drug use. With the ubiquity of drugs and the ease Read more »
The War on Drugs: Here are the Numbers
Quite often, people refer to the war that the United States is currently fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as the longest war in US history. However, this is not exactly the case. The truth of the matter is that the United States has been fighting an ongoing war against a threat that affects them at Read more »