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Medical Marijuana and Employment Law 1Marijuana is legal in 24 jurisdictions and more are expected to join those ranks. Thefederal government hasn’t budged. Your company is in a state where employees canlawfully use marijuana either recreationally or when prescribed by a doctor. You havea drug-free workplace policy. Now what? 2While the specifics will be the subject of thepanel discussion, this paper summarizes the landscape in which these questions will beconsidered.I. BackgroundA. Medical MarijuanaPresently 23 states and the District of Columbia permit marijuana either for recreationaluse (Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, District of Columbia) or to treat designatedmedical conditions like cancer and Parkinson’s Disease.Statutes differ, but to make sure the relevant states don’t become Amsterdamequivalenttourist draws among other reasons, there are certain common registrationrequirements for a potential user to obtain a license or identification card for medicaluse:1 Materials prepared by Deborah Kelly and Lyndsay Gorton of the ALFA Washington DC firm DicksteinShapiro LLP; Jane Brown and Anne Schroeder of the ALFA Spokane, WA firm Paine Hamblen LLP.2 http://www.forbes.com/sites/theemploymentbeat/2014/12/02/medical-marijuana-and-the-workplacewhat-employers-need-to-know-now/.