{"id":9404,"date":"2021-07-23T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T21:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2021\/07\/23\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs\/135377\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T21:53:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T21:53:10","slug":"more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"More Southern California employers no longer testing most job candidates for drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RPE-L-DRUGTESTS0716-01CY-477x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RPE-L-DRUGTESTS0716-03CY-1-547x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RPE-L-DRUGTESTS0716-02CY-560x355.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs-2.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RPE-L-DRUGTESTS0716-04CY-528x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs-3.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RPE-L-DRUGTESTS0716-06CY-560x358.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs-4.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RPE-L-DRUGTESTS0716-05CY-494x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs-5.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RPE-L-DRUGTESTS0716-03CY-547x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs-6.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs-8.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2021\/07\/23\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs\/135377\/#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"135377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting a job these days doesn\u2019t always involve a plastic bottle and a trip to the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>With recreational marijuana use legal in California, and at least 17 other states and Washington D.C., some employers are making changes and will no longer require some job candidates to be screened for drugs and alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, these employers focus on combating drug use in the workplace through enforcing their existing drug-free workplace policies and utilizing reasonable suspicion drug testing,\u201d said Matthew Roberts, employment law counsel for the California Chamber of Commerce, via email.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2021\/07\/23\/more-southern-california-employers-no-longer-testing-most-job-candidates-for-drugs\/\">Read the rest of this story on ocregister.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting a job these days doesn\u2019t always involve a plastic bottle and a trip to the bathroom. 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