Washington D.C. Workers Can Now Smoke Pot Off the Clock

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Many states with cannabis legalization have allowed their employees the freedom to smoke cannabis off the clock, but D.C. workers have been confused, telling the DCist they were told they’d be fired for consuming medical marijuana. The mayor of Washington, D.C. has set new local guidelines for employees’ marijuana use — including the revelation that most city workers can consume as much cannabis as they want off the clock.   TELL US, does your job let you smoke cannabis off the clock? Security-sensitive and all other employees left will be subject to drug and alcohol testing if there is reasonable suspicion that they are impaired on the clock. The city’s agencies will designate each of its positions by Oct. 30 this year, and annually thereafter by Sept. 30.

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The mayor of Washington, D.C. has set new local guidelines for employees’ marijuana use — including the revelation that most city workers can consume as much cannabis as they want off the clock.

According to the memo first reported on by DCist, the district’s goal is to update and clarify the government’s rules for cannabis consumption and covers how to explain those rules to employees.

That’s because, according to language...

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