According to a report from Quest Diagnostics, more people are testing positive for marijuana in the workplace.
Marijuana use had seen a jump to 2.6% in the year 2017 and the positions are particularly in national security and public safety.
The report has found that states that recently legalized recreational marijuana saw the greatest uptick in workforce marijuana use.
The numbers: 43% of Nevada’s workforce tested positive, 14% of Massachusetts’ workforce tested positive, and 11% of California’s workforce tested positive for marijuana use.
The results are alarming as safety-sensitive jobs such as bus drivers and pilots, saw an increase in positivity rate on the drug tests.
“While it is too early to tell if this is a trend, our data suggests that the recreational use of marijuana is spilling into the workforce, including among individuals most responsible for keeping our communities safe,” Barry Sample, PhD remarked.
Sample is the senior director of science and technology for Quest Diagnostics.
