By Justine Griffin

As Florida legislators consider passing laws this year to regulate the new and growing medical marijuana industry, employers in the state are still faced with mounting grey areas in how to handle employment policies related to drug use.

There are more questions than answers for companies big and small, which enforce a drug-free workplace policy with their employees, said Greg Hearing, a shareholder with the Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing law firm in Tampa. Hearing, who specializes in employment law, published an article in the Florida Bar Journal last month with his associate, Michael Balducci, outlining what employers need to know.

“This is a lawyer’s dream,” said Hearing during an interview with the Tampa Bay Times at the firm’s downtown Tampa office. “Employers in the private sector will have more ability to enforce drug-free policies and no drugs in the workplace. But still, there’s not much they can do until the laws change. Technically marijuana is still illegal under federal law.”

The Times sat down with Hearing to learn more.

Read more here.