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Honestly I think the smartest thing you can do as a company when it comes to weed is.. nothing. It's just not the employers business what people do in their free time. There's no upside to getting involved with that kind of issue. If you have an employee showing up high or something that's an issue with their professionalism.

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This. Treat it like alcohol. Drink as much as you want, just don't come to work drunk or drink on work time.

Haha, I'm guessing you never worked in the Valley.

Drinking at work and working while drinking are not the same thing.

You have to be aware that many companies have field operations that require (in the US) very large insurance plans. A stipulation of many of these plans are that all employees must refrain from certain drugs. It is in these cases that what goes on outside of work can creep into the scope of the company. If you are getting high on the weekend and have an unrelated plane accident on Monday, the company's insurance might be able to claim breach of contract and not cover the accident.

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