New Jersey: Court Rules Police Officers Can’t Be Fired for Off-Duty Cannabis Use

May 6, 2026

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a man holds a cannabis joint to his lips and inhalesa man holds a cannabis joint to his lips and inhalesNew Jersey’s adult-use marijuana legalization law explicitly precludes employers from taking any adverse actions against workers “simply for testing positive for cannabinoid metabolites, or for using cannabis, so long as it is not used during the workday and the employee is not intoxicated or impaired at work.”

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New Jersey’s adult-use marijuana legalization law explicitly precludes employers from taking any adverse actions against workers “simply for testing positive for cannabinoid metabolites, or for using cannabis, so long as it is not used during the workday and the employee is not intoxicated or impaired at work.”
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