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Boyle County Fiscal Court adopts resolution prohibiting employee use of medical cannabis
Summary
After a lengthy debate about federal conflicts for CDL holders and law enforcement, Boyle County Fiscal Court adopted a resolution asserting its right under state law not to permit employees to use medical cannabis; two magistrates recorded opposition.
Boyle County Fiscal Court voted Dec. 19 to adopt a resolution declaring that the county will not permit employees to use medical cannabis, even when they hold a state-issued medical card.
County Attorney Herron told the court the resolution is a response to 2023 legislation (Senate Bill 47) and cited the state provision (as read into the record) that ‘‘employers are not required to permit or accommodate the use’’ of medicinal cannabis and that employers may continue to…
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