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APRIL 2016 FOGHORN 11 FOGHORNFOCUS HUMAN RESOURCES Navigating your risks day and night. As the owner of a passenger vessel you face tough decisions every day from hiring qualied crew to making sure your vessel is in prime condition. At Aon we spend day and night thinking about your maritime risks so buying insurance doesnt have to be another tough decision. We work with you to develop creative approaches and customized solutions that deliver more efficiencies improved protability and greater value. For more information please call 1.800.730.7053 or visit passengervessel.commember-resources.htmlinsurance Risk. Reinsurance. Human Resources. Navigating your Aon Risk Solutions Marine that he was protected by Colorados lawful activities statute because his marijuana use is permitted under state law and he only consumed it outside of work. Ultimately however the states Supreme Court sided with Dish finding that a lawful activity must be lawful under both state and federal law and the federal government considers marijuana illegal. T h e U . S . D e p a r t m e n t o f Transportation DOT also maintains that Schedule 1 drugs including marijuana are not authorized for any reason. As such Medical Review Officers MROs will not verify a drug test as negative based on learning that either a physician recommended that the employee use medical marijuana or that the employee used recreational marijuana. The rationale for the DOTs drug testing program can be traced back to marijuana-related accidents such as the ConrailAmtrak accident on January 4 1987 that resulted in 16 fatalities and 174 injuries. There the National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the engineers failure to stop his train as a result of being impaired by marijuana. The impact on transportation safety in the wake of this state-by-state le- galization of marijuana is a matter that deserves close scrutiny. As with alcohol marijuana consumption slows reaction time impairs judgment of time and distance and decreases co- ordination. After alcohol marijuana is the drug most often linked to driving under the influence. Recent findings include the 2013 Governors Highway Safety Association report that showed drugs were found in almost 40 of fatally injured drivers tested which was comparable to alcohol. Early reports from Colorado indicate that marijuana-related traffic deaths are up 32 percent. Previously marijuana factored into 10 of all traffic deaths but that has now jumped to 20 percent. Meanwhile marijuana- related hospitalizations have increased 38 percent. Within the maritime industry the percentage of random drug tests that yielded a positive result increased slightly from 2013 to 2014 rising from 0.62 percent to 0.64. If that indus- try-wide percentage should reach or exceed 1 the U.S. Coast Guard could raise the annual random testing re- quirement from the current 25 back up to 50. It is noteworthy that during that same timeframe 2013 to 2014 marijuana was responsible for a sig- nificantly higher percentage of those positive tests up from 63 to 73. Mariners should be wary of the potentially career-ending impact of marijuana use. Unlike alcohol which metabolizes within hours the active ingredient in marijuana THC can remain in the bodys fatty tissues at de- tectable levels for days or even weeks. An individuals level of usage can impact the amount of time that THC remains detectable moderate use can yield positive test results for three to five days afterward heavy use daily