Reports of workers swapping urine in drug tests surged sixfold last year as marijuana use grew

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Quest noted substantial annual increases for office workers in real estate, lending, education, public administration and professional, scientific and technical services.
56% : "However, recreational cannabis laws are also associated with a decrease in non-traumatic injuries ... among older workers," Mr. Drake said.
55% : That would ease restrictions nationwide and allow pharmaceutical companies to research marijuana.From 2022 to 2023, Quest found the share of positive marijuana tests stayed the same in states where recreational marijuana was legal.
50% : Quest has tracked steady annual increases in people testing positive for marijuana after accidents since 2012 -- a period coinciding with states legalizing recreational cannabis that began with Colorado and Washington that year.
44% : The other states that have legalized recreational marijuana: California, Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Maine, Montana, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Michigan, Arizona, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Missouri and Virginia.

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