Canada's oil and gas industry warns legalized pot a workplace hazard
Canada’s oil and gas industry is calling on the federal government to expressly prohibit pot use in safety-sensitive workplaces if it moves ahead with its plans to legalize marijuana.
In an Aug. 29 letter to the government’s Task Force on Marijuana Legalization, Regulation and Restriction, oil and gas industry safety association Enform warns alcohol and drug use is already “at the forefront” of the challenges facing the upstream petroleum industry’s workplace safety efforts and marijuana legalization could make the situation worse.
“The legalization of marijuana will have an adverse impact on workplace safety and on an employer’s ability to ensure a safe work environment,” Enform CEO Cameron MacGillivray wrote. “Enform respectfully submits that any legislation that is considered must address the obligations of employers to maintain a safe work environment and the workplace safety risks associated with marijuana use and abuse.”
MacGillivray states that in addition to an express...
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