Companies Have Lots of Questions for Their Attorneys on Connecticut's New Law Legalizing Marijuana | Connecticut Law Tribune - Law.com

What You Need to Know

• Recreational marijuana was made legal in Connecticut on July 1.
• New workplace restrictions regarding the drug, however, don't take effect until July 1, 2022.
• More than 90,000 Americans died of opioid overdoses in 2020.

Nearly 100 days after Connecticut passed a law making recreational marijuana legal in the state, employment attorneys have been busy fielding questions from their clients on rights under the new law.

In fact, Patricia Reilly, chairwoman of Murtha Cullina’s labor and employment practice group, said representatives from about 150 different companies took part in her firm’s webinar last month on recreational marijuana and what the new workplace rules are and will be.

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source: https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2021/10/05/companies-have-lots-of-questions-for-their-attorneys-on-connecticuts-new-law-legalizing-marijuana/

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