Legal Weed Drives Companies to Relax Their Drug Testing Policies

Businesses are scaling back pre-employment cannabis testing as a condition of employment in the wake of increased legalization of marijuana, shifting societal attitudes, and efforts to build a more diverse applicant pool.

Recreational marijuana use among workers reached “historic” highs last year, according to a recent analysis from Quest Diagnostics, one of the country’s largest drug-testing companies.

Minnesota will become the 23rd state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use when its law goes into effect Aug. 1. Almost all states allow some form of medical marijuana use.

As marijuana legalization spreads, ...