She spoke to a sold-out crowd at the Conference Board of Canada’s “Marijuana @ Work” conference this week in the lead-up to legalization of recreational cannabis across the country. Snider-Adler is chief medical review officer at DriverCheck, one of the leading providers of workplace medical testing and assessments. It says Ottawa “heard from employers who expressed concern with the impact on workplace safety particularly for safety-sensitive industries such as health and the oil and gas industry . She warned companies looking to go the random testing route to expect legal and union challenges amid the anticipated increase in pot use. “We work with the managers to focus on impairment indicators in the workplace: the bloodshot eyes, the odour of marijuana and slurred speech,” she said.

Source: thestar February 16, 2018 16:41 UTC