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Business Latest: High at work?

Nearly 10% of Americans go to work high, but can employers do anything about it?
Customers and sales clerks pass jars back and forth as they discuss different strains of recreational marijuana, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash.
Customers and sales clerks pass jars back and forth as they discuss different strains of recreational marijuana, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash., on the first day of legal sales in the state.

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