Title
Fair Cannabis Employment Practices- For the purpose of updating the City of Annapolis employment policy as a result of the State legalizing cannabis use and possession on July 1, 2023, and generally related to city employment policy.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 35-24
Introduced by: Alderman Savidge
Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee,
Housing and Human Welfare Committee
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Fair Cannabis Employment Practices
FOR the purpose of updating the City of Annapolis employment policy as a result of the State legalizing cannabis use and possession on July 1, 2023, and generally related to city employment policy.
BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2024 Edition:
3.04.010
BY enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2024 Edition:
3.24.050
WHEREAS, Now that Maryland has legalized medical and recreational Cannabis use, there is a disconnect between that legalized use and the City's policies governing drug abuse, which impacts both the City's ability to hire and retain good employees and discriminates against those who legally and responsibly use cannabis while off-duty; and
WHEREAS, The City's current policy is to test all job applicants and current employees upon reasonable suspicion for Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS), including cannabis, which impacts our ability to hire and retain good employees and
WHEREAS, The City's current policy requires an employee to go through a full drug treatment program if tested positive for cannabis, treating it no differently than much more addictive and severe CDS; and
WHEREAS, When determining on-the-job impairment, the City's current policy is to use urine testing, which cannot determine impairment since it cannot detect the psychotropic component of THC and instead reveals benign and off-duty use of cannabis going back as far as three...
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