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MI: Walmart fires cancer patient for legally using medical marijuana
Posted on 03.15.10 by Thomas L. Knapp
Source: Marijuana Policy Project “Joseph Casias, 29, has sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor. Despite his condition, he has dutifully gone to work every day for the last five years at a Walmart in Battle Creek, Michigan, where in 2008 he was named Associate of the Year. Casias is also a legal medical marijuana patient under Michigan state law. He uses marijuana with the recommendation of his doctor to relieve the effects of cancer. … Last November, Walmart fired Casias because he tested positive for marijuana during a routine drug screening. … To add insult to injury, Walmart is now challenging Casias’ eligibility for unemployment.” (03/12/10) Link: http://tinyurl.com/yc3c92c Filed under: RRND News and Twitter-Worthy | Report Bad Link Bookmark this post in Furl or Del.icio.us | |






