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drug-free workplace. Each city employee will receive a copy of this policy and will be required to read it. Definitions Alcohol: Means the intoxicating agent in beverage alcohol or any low molecular weight alcohols such as ethyl, methyl, or isopropyl alcohol. The term includes but is not limited to beer, wine, spirits, and medications such as cough syrup that contain alcohol. Alcohol use or usage: Means the consumption of any beverage, mixture, or preparation, including any medication, containing alcohol. Applicant: Means a person applying for a job with the city. Cannabis: Means cannabis and its metabolites, including cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products. Cannabis testing: Mean analysis of a body component sample according to the standards established under one of the programs listed in Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd.1, for the purpose of measuring their presence or absence of cannabis in the sample tested. City: Means the city of Ramsey. City premises: Means, but is not limited to, all city job sites and work areas. For the purposes of this policy, city premises also includes any other locations or modes of transportation to and from those locations while in the course and scope of employment of the city. City vehicle: Means any vehicle which employees are authorized to use solely for city business when used at any time; or any vehicle owned or leased by the city when used for city business. Collection site: Means a place designated by the city where job applicants and employees present themselves for the purpose of providing a specimen of their breath, urine, and/or blood to be analyzed for the presence of drugs and alcohol. Confirmatory test: Means a drug, alcohol or cannabis test on a sample to substantiate the results of a prior drug, alcohol test or cannabis on the same sample, and that uses a method of analysis allowed under one of the programs listed in Minn. Stat. § 181.953, subd. 1. Drug: Includes any "controlled substance" as defined in Minn. Stat. § 152.01, subd. 4, and also includes all cannabinoids, including those that are lawfully available for public consumption that do not otherwise qualify as being a"controlled substance" as defined in Minn. Stat. § 152.01, subd. 4. Cannabis and its metabolites are considered a"drug" for positions in the following categories, regardless of the kind of testing involved: safety sensitive positions; peace officer positions; firefighter positions; positions requiring face-to-face care, training, education, supervision, counseling or medical assistance to children, vulnerable adults or patients receiving treatment, examination or emergency care for a medical, psychiatric or mental condition; positions requiring a commercial driver's license or requiring the employee to operate a motor 1061Page