Saturday, June 20, 2015

You Can Now Be Fired in Colorado for Using Medical Marijuana on Your Time Off

You Can Now Be Fired in Colorado for Using Medical Marijuana on Your Time Off | The Daily Sheeple:
Thanks to a landmark ruling in Colorado’s Supreme Court, there is new clarification to the state’s medical marijuana law—though employees may not like the news.
If a workplace has a policy prohibiting drug use, workers who test positive for marijuana are not protected from termination—even if they are registered for medical use.
In other words, you can be fired in Colorado for using marijuana during your time off.
...“The Supreme Court holds that under […] Colorado’s ‘lawful activities statute,’ the term ‘lawful’ refers only to those activities that are lawful under both state and federal law. 
Therefore, employees who engage in an activity such as medical marijuana use that is permitted by state law but unlawful under federal law are not protected by the statute,” states the ruling..."

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