Marijuana Rescheduling: What Employers Must Do Now

The federal government moved marijuana to Schedule III. Many employers read that headline and assumed nothing changed. They're partially right. The rest is liability. In this episode of Don't Get Played, Sarah O'Melia sits down with Nick Hartman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at the Drug Screening Compliance Institute, to cut through the noise and explain what the reclassification actually means for workplace drug testing programs. They cover: • What rescheduling did and didn't change for employers • Why a single national zero-tolerance policy is no longer viable • Where medical marijuana accommodation is creating the biggest litigation exposure • What a modern, defensible drug testing program looks like in 2026 The law is moving fast. Your policy needs to keep up.