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answered on Sep 5, 2024
If you have a medical marijuana card in Arkansas, it does not automatically protect you from failing a pre-employment drug screening for cannabis. Employers in Arkansas are generally allowed to maintain drug-free workplace policies. This means they can require pre-employment drug tests and make... View More 
Got pulled over for speeding on high way. Searched the vehicle after I admitted to where the small amount of cannabis was and he charged me with that and the liquor bottle as possessions of crime
answered on Jun 4, 2021
Arkansas Code Annotated § 5-71-218 specifically addresses the criminal offense of "possession of an open container containing alcohol in a motor vehicle." Since your question doesn't provide enough factual details to compare the situation to the statute, it is difficult to state... View More
answered on May 8, 2021
Thanks and you cannot be fired simply for being a medical marijuana patient if you are in a position that hasn’t been designated as safety sensitive. In other words, if the type of job you do hasn’t been listed in writing as no medical marijuana because it is safety sensitive, an employer... View More
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