MarathonMike
Diamond Member
Hmmmm. Something seems fishy about this story. One day on the job and fired? Maybe she showed up in an impaired state and they tested her to validate it was due to marijuana. That would be more likely than springing a random drug test on a first day employee to play 'gotcha'.In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuanaāand that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.
Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
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Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.
This money could be dumped into multiple areas.
FYI
Can a worker be fired for using medical cannabis?
Courts, lawmakers ponder the question.
- ERIN TIERNAN
- MARCH 17, 2017 5:00 AM
Can workers be fired for smoking medical cannabis when theyāre off the clock?
Thatās the question currently before the stateās highest court the legislature this session.
Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and in Washington, but because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, patients who use it arenāt necessarily afforded the same protections as patients who use more conventional medications like opioids. Workers can be fired from their jobs for failing a drug test, even if they can provide proof that they are a registered patient.
Itās a double standard Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs a pot-friendly practice, would like to see changed.
āI think absolutely this medicine should be treated with same regard as other medicines and as far as employees go; they should get the same protections as they do with other medications,ā he said. āThereās no reason to treat it any differently than percocet, benzos, or frankly any non-dependency forming psychoactive medication.ā
Marijuana is different from alcohol in that it can be detected in the body for weeks after use. And a positive test doesnāt indicate current intoxication, Tishler said.
For people like Cristina Barbuto, using medicinal cannabis can mean having to choose between making a living and living in pain.
Barbuto, who has Crohnās disease, was fired from a marketing job with Advantage Sales and Marketing in 2015 when she failed a drug test ā a test she had already told her boss would test positive for marijuana. Though her boss said it wouldnāt be an issue given her medical status, Barbuto was fired after just one day on the job.
"Ms. Barbuto explained to ASM that she did not use marijuana daily and would never consume it before work or at work," her court appeal states.
But she was fired anyway. The reason? She said the business decided, āWe follow federal law, not state law."
NOBODY should ever consent to an employee piss test. Those that cave make the above scenario happen.