Court Tosses Suit by Fired Medical Marijuana User

The Montana Supreme Court says the state's Medical Marijuana Act does not protect an employee from being fired for using marijuana.

The court dismissed a lawsuit by a Kalispell man fired by Columbia Falls Aluminum Company because of his state-sanctioned use of medical marijuana.

In July 2006, Mike Johnson tested positive for marijuana in a random drug test. The company later said the 25-year employee could return to work if he submitted to additional drug tests and passed them. He refused and was fired.

Johnson filed a wrongful discharge suit and the District Court in Kalispell ruled against him.

He appealed and, in a ruling filed Wednesday, the high court says the medical marijuana law specifically provides that it does not require employers "to accommodate the medical use of marijuana in any workplace."


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