>>> FROM PITTSBURGH, TRANSFORMING.
>>> THOUSANDS OF HOOSIERS ARE
NOW TAKING CBD OIL.
>> AND MANY SAY IT ELIMINATES
THEIR PAIN.
BUT COULD THE OIL ALSO ELIMINATE
YOUR JOB?
>> TONIGHT 13 INVESTIGATES
WHETHER THIS POPULAR PRODUCT
WILL SHOW UP IN A DRUG TEST.
IF YOU USE THE OIL, WE HAVE
IMPORTANT TEST RESULTS YOU NEED
TO SEE.
>> KEITH CRUICK OWNS A SMALL
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
>> WE TRANSPORT PEOPLE.
>> SHE DRIVES SENIORS TO THEIR
DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS.
FOR 40 YEARS KEITH WAS THE ONE
GOING TO THE DOCTOR FOR TERRIBLE
MIGRAINE HEADACHES AND THEN HE
DISCOVERED CBD OIL.
>> I HAVE NO PAIN.
NONE.
>> BUT NOW KEITH IS DEALING WITH
A DIFFERENT KIND OF HEADACHE.
HE HAD TO TAKE A ROUTINE DRUG
TEST AND THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT
KEITH TESTED POSITIVE FOR
MARIJUANA.
>> THAT BLEW ME AWAY.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT.
>> DO YOU USE MARIJUANA AT ALL?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> THIS IS ALL YOU'RE TAKING .
>> THAT'S IT.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT
THAT MARIJUANA AND CBD OIL HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON.
THEY BOTH COME FROM THE CANNABIS
PLANT.
IN FACT, 13 INVESTIGATES SENT
KEITH'S CBD OIL TO A CERTIFIED
LAB TO HAVE IT TESTED.
THE RESULTS SHOW IT CONTAINS
ONLY 0 .018% CBD.
THAT'S A TINY FRACTION OF WHAT'S
LEGAL IN INDIANA, WELL BELOW THE
STATE'S LEGAL LIMIT FOR CBD OIL.
>> AND THEY THINK I'M A POT
HEAD.
>> KEITH IS ON THE VERGE OF
LOSING HIS CONTRACT.
>> I WILL LOSE ALL OF MY
CLIENTELE AND HAVE TO TRANSFER
MY BUSINESS SOMEWHERE ELSE ALL
OF OF THIS TEST.
I'M FOLLOWING THE LAW.
>> KEITH IS NOT THE ONLY ONE
CONCERNED.
>> FREED LOUIS IS THE CLERK AND
TREASURER FOR THE CITY.
HE TAKES CBD OIL AND SAYS
SEVERAL CITY EMPLOYS NOW USE CBD
OIL AND MORE WANT TO START
>> THE POLICE CHIEF COMES OVER
AND SAYS, YOU'RE TAKING CBD.
I GO YEAH.
HE GOES, A BUNCH OF MY OFFICERS
WANT TO TAKE IT.
>> BUT WOULD THE POLICE OFFICERS
BE ABLE TO PASS A DRUG TEST IF
THEY TOOK THE OIL.
WE WENT TO THE LOCAL DRUG
SCREENING LABS TO FIND OUT.
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
I WOULD GOOGLE IT AND FIND OUT.
>> THEY DIDN'T KNOW EITHER.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> FRED WANTED ANSWERS SO HE
CAME UP WITH A PLAN OF HIS OWN.
>> I SAID I'LL TAKE A DRUG TEST.
I'LL BE THE AGAINNY PIG AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
>> OF COURSE IT CAME BACK
POSITIVE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, ANOTHER DRUG
TEST POSITIVE FOR SIMPLY TAKING
ONE PILL A DAY OF CBD OIL.
>> THIS IS ALL NEW.
>> KEVIN BETZ IS AN ATTORNEY WHO
SPECIALIZES IN EMPLOYMENT LAW.
HE SAYS CBD OIL IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD BE AFRAID
OF.
>> IF THIS IS SOLVING A PERSON'S
DISABILITY, THEY BECOME A MORE
PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEE, WHY WOULD
YOU WANT TO FIRE SOMEBODY FOR
BEING PRODUCTIVE.
>> HE SAYS EMPLOYERS MAY NOW
NEED TO RETHINK THEIR DRUG
TESTING POLICIES BECAUSE OF CBD
OIL AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE
CITY OF SEYMOUR IS DOING.
>> WE HAVE TALKED, THE MAYOR AND
I, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
REDO THE DRUG POLICY.
>> BUT FOR PEOPLE LIKE KEITH,
THERE IS STILL CONFUSION AND
CONCERN, WONDERING WHAT WILL
HAPPEN NEXT.
>> I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO
HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE GET
FIRED OVER SOMETHING THAT THEY
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
>> WE'VE TALKED WITH TOXICOLOGY
AND LEGAL EXPERTS.
HERE'S THEIR ADVICE.
IF YOU'RE SUBJECT TO DRUG TESTS
AT WORK, EITHER DON'T USE CBD
OIL OR CHOOSE CBD OIL THAT IS
CLEARLY MARKED ZERO THC.
USE THE LOWEST DOSAGE AS
POSSIBLE.
AND IF YOU'RE USING CBD OIL AT
THE TIME OF THE DRUG TEST, TELL
YOUR EMPLOYER THAT YOU'RE TAKING
IT BEFORE THE RESULTS COME BACK
TO AVOID SURPRISES.
MOST EXPERTS SAY THAT CBD OIL
WITH LOW AMOUNTS OF THC SHOULD
NOT SHOW UP ON A DRUG TEST BUT
CLEARLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
>> IS THERE NO WAY TO TELL A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CBD OIL AND
MARIJUANA USE?
>> NO, THERE REALLY ISN'T.
SO EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE ZERO
TOLERANCE POLICIES, THEY MAY
WANT TO RECONSIDER THAT.
>> BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM
THE EMPLOYER'S POINT OF VIEW, IT
SEEMS LIKE THERE WOULD BE SOME
LEGAL JEOPARDY THERE FOR THEM.
>> THERE POSSIBLY COULD BE.
FOR SOME EMPLOYEES, THE RIGHT TO
USE CBD OIL, IT COULD BE COVERED
UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT.
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