State Supreme Court: Workers Who Used Prescribed Pot Can be Fired [View All]

[The Straight Story]

State Supreme Court: Workers Who Used Prescribed Pot Can be Fired

The California Supreme Court has ruled against a Sacramento man who uses medical marijuana, saying employers can fire workers using pot, even if it's legally prescribed for them under the state's Compassionate Use Act.

The vote was 5-2 in favor of the employer.

At the center of the case was Gary Ross's claim that his 2001 firing was illegal. Ross, 45, was fired from his job at a network server center in Sacramento in 2001 just a week after being hired.

The employer, RagingWire, discovered Ross used marijuana to treat an old back injury. In a statement to News10, RagingWire defended the firing because Ross knew he could be called in to work at any time.

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