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A Trip Through Employment Law: Protecting Therapeutic Psilocybin Users In The Workplace, Benjamin Sheppard
A Trip Through Employment Law: Protecting Therapeutic Psilocybin Users In The Workplace, Benjamin Sheppard
Journal of Law and Health
In 2020, Oregon voters legalized therapeutic psilocybin in response to a plethora of scientific studies showing symptom reduction for depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, opioid addictions, migraines, other mental illnesses, HIV/AIDS, and cancer. The legal rethinking regarding therapeutic psilocybin continues in both state legislatures and city councils. Yet, despite state and local legalization or decriminalization of therapeutic psilocybin it remains illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. This tension between local and federal law places therapeutic psilocybin users and their employers in a difficult position. Because all types of psilocybin use remain illegal under federal law, a zero-tolerance drug use …
Genetic Testing And Employment Litigation, Harry Zanville
Genetic Testing And Employment Litigation, Harry Zanville
Journal of Law and Health
I have only a couple of comments to make that relate to litigation hurdles and how to achieve this balance, and the first thing I want to talk about, following the wonderful presentation is, in fact, we probably don't in some ways even need a new cause of action.
Confusion In The Courts: What To Do With Hiv-Positive And Aids-Infected Public Employees , Erika J. Crandall
Confusion In The Courts: What To Do With Hiv-Positive And Aids-Infected Public Employees , Erika J. Crandall
Journal of Law and Health
This paper is divided into five sections. Part one deals with background information on AIDS. Part two discusses current federal legislation. Part three examines how AIDS falls under federal legislation and case law, including the resulting impact of hiring AIDS-infected individuals. Part four evaluates possible violations of the Fourth Amendment resulting from the federal legislation and from an employer's mandatory testing of employees for the HIV virus. The last section discusses the government's liability when a public employee transmits AIDS to another individual during the course of employment.