{"id":58629,"date":"2022-11-28T07:40:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/kansas-committee-recommends-legislature-proceed-with-caution-on-medical-marijuana\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T17:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T01:45:58","slug":"kansas-committee-recommends-legislature-proceed-with-caution-on-medical-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/kansas-committee-recommends-legislature-proceed-with-caution-on-medical-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Committee Recommends Legislature \u2018Proceed With Caution\u2019 On Medical Marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployers tell me constantly, we\u2019ve got jobs going wanting, we can\u2019t get the workers because they can\u2019t pass a drug screening and various other things.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

By Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kansas lawmakers said marijuana legalization, political stances and state funding were potential roadblocks in addressing the state\u2019s severe workforce shortage.<\/p>\n

Sen. Virgil Peck, R-Havana, said the Special Committee on Workforce Development needed to talk about marijuana legalization<\/a> before lawmakers discussed it during the upcoming legislative session.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers passed a motion to make a recommendation that the legislature \u201cproceed with caution\u201d with marijuana legislation during the Monday committee hearing, by a 4-3 vote.<\/p>\n

Peck brought up the issue, saying the idea came to him earlier in that day while taking a shower.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think of it until taking a shower this morning, about 7:30. It came to me that that plays into workforce development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Peck said marijuana was a significant problem in his part of the state, with employers not willing to hire employees who couldn\u2019t pass a drug test. He said that marijuana was a safety liability, and could impede business where workers had to use heavy machinery and could be injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployers tell me constantly, we\u2019ve got jobs going wanting, we can\u2019t get the workers because they can\u2019t pass a drug screening and various other things,\u201d Peck said.<\/p>\n

Rep. Sean Tarwater, R-Stilwell, said he agreed with Peck that people who imbibed marijuana could cause problems in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Other lawmakers at the meeting said they weren\u2019t able to vote on the recommendation, as the issue had not been discussed before the meeting. Sen. Brenda Dietrich, R-Topeka, abstained from the vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my only concern is we\u2019re inserting something that hasn\u2019t been vetted in this committee at the last minute,\u201d Dietrich said. \u201cAnd I understand what you\u2019re saying, it\u2019s just not an appropriate position for us to take as a committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medical marijuana has long been a controversial topic in Kansas, with many advocating for the drug as a pain relief substitute that is less addictive than opioids<\/p>\n

Rep. Stephanie Clayton, D-Overland Park, opposed the recommendation, saying that legislators didn\u2019t have to be drug tested, so neither should Kansas workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like the idea of imposing something on the people, setting different rules for us than them. So that\u2019s a big issue, and I also have concerns, because I think\u2014in fact, I know, medicinal and recreational cannabis will be helpful to a business development, in particular in the greater Kansas City area, where this is already legalized in Missouri,\u201d Clayton said.<\/p>\n

This story was first published by Kansas Reflector.<\/a><\/p>\n

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