Residents of Shoreview may want to follow a Minnesota legislative proposal concerning business leaders blast recreational marijuana.
The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce said the DFL-sponsored legislation is not ready, calling for the formation of a state task force to better analyze the "full scope" of legalization ramifications.
29 written testimony to a state house committee, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce cited a number of workplace safety and employer liability-related issues it says remain unresolved in the language of HF100/SF73 as reasons for its opposition to the bill.
The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce represents more than 6,300 businesses that employ more than a half million people across Minnesota.
The organization says the DFL legislators sponsoring the bill haven’t included enough opinion and analysis from businesses outside the commercial cannabis industry.
The chamber is asking for formation of a state task force “to analyze and understand the full scope of public health, safety, criminal justice, societal, workplace, taxpayer, state and economic costs and ramifications of legalizing recreational marijuana in Minnesota and for Minnesotans,” wrote Lauryn Schothorst, a policy director for the organization.
“This task force should include representation from Minnesota’s non-cannabis business community and its findings must incorporate employers’ perspective, including how to reconcile existing deficiencies in marijuana diagnostic standards and testing capabilities against any new obligations and liabilities that would be placed on employers due to legalization,” Schothorst wrote.
The chamber testimony went on to point out the lack of guidelines on marijuana impairment standards related to driving motor vehicles and operating machinery.
As the measure advances, residents of Shoreview can follow amendments and contact John Marty regarding the final language.
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