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Harsh. Medical sweetleaf will get you fired
Posted by Fired Fred on January 24, 2008 4:50 PM
It doesn't matter if you have some type of painful, debilitating illness that only backs down when you smoke medicinal marijuana. No one cares about your track record at work or what kind of agony you have to shut off mentally each day.
In California, if your sweetleaf prescription makes your pee cloudy during a work-mandated drug test, say goodbye to your job and your dignity...
The court majority upheld the firing of Gary Ross, an Air Force veteran whose doctor recommended he use marijuana for chronic back pain and whose disability qualified him for government benefits.Ganja Gary's lawyer wasn't surprised by the California Supreme Court decision, because of "political realities." Are those the same "political realities" that say federal funding of stem cell research is bad, and to hell with chronically ill people who probably aren't anyone the Bush Administration knows personally anyway? One more quote from the LA Times...
Ross, 45, was hired by Raging Wire Telecommunications Inc. in 2001 as an administrator. Before taking a required drug test, Ross provided a copy of his physician's recommendation for marijuana. The company fired him a week after he started the job because of his marijuana use.
"The court is claiming that California voters intended to permit medical use of marijuana, but only if you're willing to be unemployed and on welfare," Mirken said. "That is ridiculous on its face, as well as cruel."Welcome to War On Drugsville. Population: You.
I got fired for being on pain meds after breaking my ribs on a cycling accident. Provided Dr excuse etc.
Posted on: January 28, 2008 3:43 PM