Attorney Kate Koop-Irwin presents information on medical marijuana during 'Alert: Marijuana in the Workplace — What Every Employer Needs to Know' at Tuesday´s annual forum of the Butler Human Resources Association.

Although Pennsylvania has gone further than other states in regulating medical marijuana, employers’ limits on handling the new medicine in the workplace remains murky.

That was the conclusion among the company representatives who attended the “‘High’ Alert: Marijuana in the Workplace — What Every Employer Needs to Know” presentation at Tuesday’s annual forum of the Butler Human Resources Association, which was held at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Attorney Kate Koop-Irwin of the law firm Tucker Arensberg presented the information on state law regarding those who both work and take medical marijuana and what actions employers can and cannot take in the workplace regarding medical marijuana.

Koop explained that unlike many states that have legalized the use of medical marijuana, Pennsylvania included a law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees or prospective employees who are certified to use medical marijuana.

But another law says employers are not required by law to make accommodations for employees to use medical marijuana at their place of employment, Koop said.

She added employers can create policies prohibiting employees from bringing medical marijuana to work or from dosing immediately before work.

A full story appears in the Butler Eagle.