A senior programmer and systems analyst in Lane County, Oregon is getting his job back after being fired for his medical marijuana use. Read article here: High Times
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Union: State Shouldn’t Have Fired Man for Smoking Pot on Job
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether a state employee fired for smoking marijuana on the job was punished too harshly. Read article here: High Times
Alabama Sheriff Fired Deputies for Not Supplying Him With Marijuana for Dying Aunt
While the state of Alabama has struggled for the past several years to get lawmakers onboard with legislation aimed at allowing marijuana to be consumed for medicinal purposes, it appears Winston County Sheriff Hobby Walker has devised a small town medical marijuana progr… Read article here: High Times
Congressman Earl Blumenauer Calls for DEA Chief Rosenberg to Be Fired
Acting DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg brought some heat down on himself earlier this month when he called the concept of medical marijuana “a joke.” Since then, several prominent activists have been pressuring the Obama Administration to dismiss Rosenberg from his … Read article here: High Times
Colorado Court: Workers Can Be Fired for Using Pot Off-Duty
Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a medical marijuana patient who was fired after failing a drug test cannot get his job back. The case has big implications for employers and pot smokers in sta… Read article here: High […]
Spokane’s First Legal Marijuana Customer Fired for Buying Weed
When Mike Boyer showed up early Tuesday morning outside Spokane Green Leaf, his primary focus was on becoming the first man in the city to make a legal weed purchase, not his three part-time jobs as a security guard. However, after laying claims to the prestigious title o… High Times
The Clinic: Researcher Fired for Studying Marijuana and PTSD
While the past two years have seen the legalization of marijuana for all adults in two states, the expansion of medical marijuana laws nationwide, and even a federal government program designed to help supply cannabis derived medicine to severely epileptic children, that … High Times
Workers Fired for Medical Pot Sue for Unemployment Benefits
The Michigan court of appeals will hear the cases of two medical marijuana patients who were fired from their jobs for smoking pot legally and then denied unemployment benefits. JenineKemp, a CT scan technician who suffers from lupus, was fired in 2011 for testi… High Times
Colo. Bar Assn.: Weed Can Still Get You Fired
Although marijuana is legal in Colorado, consuming it can still get you fired. In fact, according to a press release issued by the Colorado Bar Association, there is nothing outlined in either Amendment 20 or Amendment 64 that safeguards the working class hero from being … High Times
Mechanic Uses Twitter to Find Pot, Gets Fired
A mechanic working for the Canadian auto-maintenance chain “Mr. Lube” in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan was fired on Tuesday after expressing his desire to score some weed on Twitter. During his shift the mechanic, using the Twitter handleSunith… High Times