From WNYC Studios, it's Brian Lair, a daily politics podcast. It's Thursday, April 21st.

This is a historic day in New Jersey, the day adult use recreational cannabis sales begin in the states, starting at 13

different sites that were previously authorized for medical marijuana sales. Right now on day one,

we want to look at one wrinkle that's come up already in New Jersey and in other legal

weed states. Can you still lose a job

or a job offer for testing positive for cannabis that you used outside of work when you were not

impaired on the job? You might call it policing impairment in the workforce and policing literally

and figuratively in this case, because when acting

Attorney General of New Jersey, Matthew Plattkin, said that police officers would be free to partake

of legal cannabis when off duty under the current law. There were calls for provisions to bar

those in what are called safety-sensitive jobs from its use

since there's no easy way to check for impairment. So if you're just in any job like police

officer where you can't be impaired, there's no breathalyzer test like there is for alcohol

for cannabis. So some people

don't want police officers and others in what are called safety sensitive jobs to be able to use

it at all, even in a legal cannabis state. Governor Murphy has indicated he would be open to such

a law, but whether the legislature can pass that provision is yet to be seen.

So with us to talk about the rules in New Jersey and the ones coming in New York and to put it in the national context of other legal states,

I'm joined once again by Allison Martin, co-founder of Cannabis Wire, an adjunct professor at the Columbia University

Graduate School of Journalism. Cannabis Wire is a news organization that covers cannabis in America.

Hey, Allison, welcome back to WNYC.

Thank you so much for having me again. I always love being here, and I really like how you

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