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SEARCH“My recommendation for your consideration is we go for a six-month window,” said Matt Giordano, executive director. “We would go to six months of the last use.
AZ POST has been getting enough requests from law enforcement agencies for waivers of pre-employment marijuana use that the board last week gave staff the OK to pursue relaxing prior marijuana use down to six months from two years.
The last time the board updated this rule was in 2019, when it dropped the waiting period to the current two years from three. The updated rules also put no cap on prior marijuana use at any age and the way it was ingested no longer matters, the Mesa Tribune reports.
The intent of the board’s rule is to assure that an applicant does not have a pattern of drug abuse and allow enough time to show little likelihood drug use will not recur after hiring.
“My recommendation for your consideration is we go for a six-month window,” said Matt Giordano, executive director. “We would go to six months of the last use.
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