By Mara O Malley for Kent State News Lab.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan reporting for the Kent State-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. Though it is now legal for Ohioans to use cannabis, the 2023 passage of Issue 2 does not prevent employers from drug testing job applicants and employees and instituting zero-tolerance policies. Employers in Ohio are still permitted to penalize workers who use, possess or distribute marijuana. .
Sen. Christopher Go reiterated his solidarity with healthcare workers and his firm commitment to help them follow up with concerned agencies the release of their pending Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) as the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, chaired by Go, conducted a public hearing on Monday, May 20. The…