Nathaniel M. Glasser and Eric I. Emanuelson, Jr., in the Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice, in the firm’s Washington, DC, and New York offices, respectively, co-authored an article in the Insurance Journal, titled “Puff, Puff, Passed: 2019 Marijuana Laws in Review and 2020 Projections.”

Following is an excerpt:

With 2019 nearly rolled up, it is time to exhale and recap the latest dose of marijuana laws affecting the workplace. In the last twelve months, Illinois became the eleventh state to legalize recreational marijuana use by adult and several other jurisdictions passed or modified their existing laws governing marijuana and the workplace. Below is a summary of this year’s developments and some thoughts about what 2020 might bring.

Related reading:

December 23, 2019: Health Employment and Labor, “Puff, Puff, Passed: 2019 Marijuana Laws in Review and 2020 Projections,” by Nathaniel Glasser and Eric Emanuelson.

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