Michigan Battle Creek Appeal Court: It's legal to fire Medical Pot users

[BillB0B]

BATTLE CREEK – A federal appeals court says Michigan law doesn't stop employers from firing people who use medical marijuana.

The court on Wednesday upheld a decision by a federal judge in Grand Rapids, who said Wal-Mart Stores could fire an employee who tested positive for marijuana.

Joseph Casias was an inventory-control manager at a Walmart in Battle Creek until he tested positive for marijuana in 2009. He has a Michigan medical-marijuana card and uses pot to alleviate symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer.

Wal-Mart says marijuana use conflicts with its safety policy in stores.

The appeals court says the state medical marijuana law provides some immunity in criminal cases, but it doesn't offer protection to people in the workplace.

This is a crime to do this to this sick Man. Just shows you how jack up Walmart is one thing I'm taking the scissor to my Walmart credit card and will never buy anything from them again. They have prove to Me that they have no compassion or feeling it's all about the bottom line.

 

[RoadLizard]

Actually, it's not even about the bottom line. This guys cannabis use has ZERO effect on their bottom line and getting rid of him didn't make profits go up. So really, it's about simply being ignorant about cannabis and its incredibly diverse uses. What a focking shame.

 

[BillB0B]

Actually, it's not even about the bottom line. This guys cannabis use has ZERO effect on their bottom line and getting rid of him didn't make profits go up. So really, it's about simply being ignorant about cannabis and its incredibly diverse uses. What a focking shame.

Well Now they don't have to pay His insurance or dead benefits. So it is about the bottom line.

 

[Sinful]

The article did not say what promted the drug test. They usually don't test unless some form of accident or suspicion of drug use. Need more facts to make a informed decision.

 

[BillB0B]

Your point would make sense if He was smoking without a Michigan medical-marijuana card. If you don't think Walmart and other Big company don't have access to the state list and compare it to an employee list your dreaming. The whole point of was that a Company would fire someone with inoperable brain tumor and cancer for using something that help Him make it thru the Day without PAIN. Hell He should of just taken more morphine or a stronger pain killer and kept His job.