Another federal agency is reminding employees that they’re prohibited from using marijuana and warning them about the risks of consuming federally unregulated CBD products.
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) human resources division posted a notice on Monday that says while cannabis is legal in some form in a majority of states, federal workers “must remain drug-free and refrain from illegal drug use whether on or off duty regardless of state laws.”
“There have been no changes to the panel of drugs contained in the list of Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substance Act,” USFS said.
As such, the agency will continue to randomly test employees who are reasonably suspected of having used marijuana, and those in “Test Designated Positions” will be regularly tested for THC.
“Any employee having a positive drug test result for marijuana (or any other illegal drug), will be subject to mandatory administrative actions…which includes discipline up to removal for the first finding of illegal drug use,” the notice says.
USFS didn’t say that workers are prohibited from using hemp-derived CBD that was legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill, but it cautioned that the products available in commercial markets across the U.S. are not currently evaluated
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