Workplace Drug Impairment a Rising Concern as Marijuana Legalization Expands -- CFN Media
March 21 2018 - 9:00AM
CFN Media Group ("CannabisFN"), the leading creative agency and
media network dedicated to legal cannabis, announces publication of
an article covering Cannabix Technologies Inc. (CSE:BLO)
(CNSX:BLO) (BLO.CN) (OTC:BLOZF) and its development of the Cannabix
Marijuana Breathalyzer. The device, currently in the Beta 3.0 stage
of its evolution, is designed to give law enforcement and employers
a tool to enforce public safety by reliably and conveniently
testing, on site, for THC in the bloodstream.
As Canada lurches toward full legalization of adult-use
marijuana, the devil appears to be in the details of rule drafting
and implementation. One area that has gotten a lot of private- and
public-sector concern recently is how to regulate and enforce
workplace safety. Canada currently has no regulatory framework
surrounding the use of cannabis and the resulting potential
impairment. Everybody recognizes the potential problem, but there
are a variety of opinions on how to deal with it. A major hurdle is
that there is currently no approved method for testing cannabis
impairment.
The Current Landscape
Full legalization is expected at some point in the summer of
2018. As it stands now, it looks like there will be no new
federal rules on workplace impairment by that time. Among the
issues complicating talks are workers’ privacy rights, previous
court rulings on workplace testing, and the rights of medical
marijuana patients to receive treatment and avoid discrimination
for that treatment. But one of the biggest problems seems to be the
lack of reliable cannabis testing.
As Jennifer McCurdy of the St. Albert and District Chamber of
Commerce stated, “There isn’t a clear way to know if somebody
is impaired. If someone is operating machinery, a vehicle and being
in the workplace impaired that’s going to affect their work or the
safety of the public… these tests have not been developed.”
One of the country’s largest insurers, Intact Financial Corp.,
noted in its discussion of recent company financial
results some concerns about “higher frequency and
severity of auto insured losses as a result of impaired driving”
following legalization. Those concerns are amplified by employers
of people operating heavy equipment and machinery, where an
accident caused by an impaired employee could have a major
financial and legal impact on the company. For instance,
the B.C. Trucking Association is pushing for a workplace
testing protocol, as well as one for roadside testing.
The Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer
Cannabix Technologies plans to provide a solution for both
workplace and roadside testing protocols that can be used by
private entities as well as law enforcement. In a January
update, the company completed its Beta 3.0 prototype based on its
FAIMS- (field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry)
technology and is currently optimizing and characterizing the
device’s performance measures both independently and coupled to a
mass spectrometer.
Current tests for THC involve urine samples, time delays, and
the potential for an impaired reading even when the drug was used
days or weeks earlier. The development of a more accurate and
portable device would likely go a long way toward breaking the
logjam and allowing a fair and safe system of testing to be
implemented, both for employers and for law enforcement.
The company has filed several patent
applications around the technology, including some relating to
an Ignition Interlock Device that would prevent an impaired driver
from even starting the vehicle. Such a device should ease liability
concerns for employers and insurers alike.
The Upshot
While the regulations and laws around the safety of cannabis
use, both privately and in the workforce, remain a work in
progress, Cannabix Technologies is working diligently on the
development of a tool that could solve a major part of the problem.
Accurate and timely testing of cannabis impairment is essential to
any regulatory efforts, and Cannabix just may have the
solution.
Please follow the link to read the full
article: http://www.cannabisfn.com/workplace-drug-impairment-rising-concern-marijuana-legalization-expands/
For more information, see the company website
at http://www.cannabixtechnologies.com/.
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