The bill heading to the floor alleviates concerns of employer groups who wondered what would become of their drug testing policies.
Marijuana poses a dilemma. Workers can consume marijuana on a Saturday night and not be impaired on Monday. But THC, the chemical responsible for the drug's psychological effects, can stay in their system — and show up on in a drug test — for as long as a month.
"It shouldn’t be the employer's burden to figure out if you’re high Monday morning," said Michele Siekerka, president and chief executive officer of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association, a trade group. "You can’t put that on the employer. So an employer objectively has to rely on that test and the employee should assume the risk of what they do … outside the workplace."