Can cops smoke pot? Revamped legal landscape raises new questions for officers, recruits

"The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #3 on Wednesday made its position official: The Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions, which has wide latitude to issue directives around drug testing and recruitment policies, should order police agencies around the state to stop barring recruits with a history of cannabis use and discontinue “random” drug screenings for police officers.

The city’s police union said that departments should maintain “for cause” screenings that are utilized after incidents such as motor vehicle accidents or police shootings. The union said it is pressing the state and national police unions to take similar positions on the issues."