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On Monday, the business executives who gathered around their computers for the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce s annual legislative leaders forum voted 2 to 1 for legalization with this caveat: Employers could set their own workplace policies.
With a tweak in the wording of the question, those voting online favored legalization with employer protections 64% to 36%.
They did not, however, get an ironclad guarantee from one of the Senate s point-people on the development of this year s marijuana legislation: Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey, who said we want to make sure we protect the businesses as best we can. And you don t have any objection to baking in those provisions for employers correct, Senator? Chamber President Laurie White asked McCaffrey.