Employment and Income
As more states legalize marijuana, more employers must make decisions about drug tests and employment. In most illegal states, if an individual uses marijuana medicinally in their free time, they can be fired or denied a job. However, if marijuana is legal for medicinal use, and an employer refuses to hire an individual who is prescribed, this can be considered employment discrimination. With cannabis laws always being updated and public opinion consistently changing, considering marijuana use in the scope of employment and income will become a rising concern.
Supporting Articles
Employment and marijuana use among Washington state adolescents before and after legalization
Graves, J. M., Whitehill, J. M., Miller, M. E., Brooks-Russell, A., Richardson, S. M., & Dilley, J. A. (2019). Employment and marijuana use among Washington state adolescents before and after legalization of retail marijuana. Journal of Adolescent Health, 65(1), 39-45. https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(19)30020-5/fulltext
Associations between marijuana use trajectories & educational & occupational success in young adults
Thompson, K., Leadbeater, B., Ames, M., & Merrin, G. J. (2019). Associations between marijuana use trajectories and educational and occupational success in young adulthood. Prevention Science, 20(2), 257-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-018-0904-7