A law passed last year bars all employers from not hiring or firing over legal marijuana use, but officers can’t get high on duty
Highlights
- Acting Attorney General Matt Platkin issues memo to law enforcement leaders.
- Memo makes clear police officers can consume marijuana legally purchased while off duty.
- But on-duty use can be cause for termination or other discipline.
- The memo was issued two days after the Cannabis Regulatory Commission voted to allow 13 medical marijuana dispensaries to begin recreational marijuana sales.
- Gov.
- Phil Murphy’s office announced Thursday the cannabis commission will issue the needed licenses starting Thursday, April 21, for recreational pot sales.