New York City has barred many employers from making job applicants get tested for marijuana use, under a law that took effect over the weekend.

It passed last year as the nation’s biggest city took a novel step in the evolving regulation of workplace policies about pot.

A few months later, Nevada passed a similar law — it says applicants can’t be turned down for failing a pot test — that went into effect Jan. 1. Unlike in Nevada, recreational pot is illegal in New York. Medicinal use is allowed.

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Jennifer Peltz ~ Associated Press ~