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Posted on 05/04/2006 12:02:24 PM PDT by SmithL
Salem -- The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an employer didn't have to make an allowance under state disability laws for a worker who used medical marijuana.
The worker, Robert Washburn, was fired from his job as a millwright at a Columbia Forest products plant in Klamath Falls after failing drug tests.
Washburn had a state-issued card allowing him to use marijuana to ease leg spasms that disrupted his sleep. He used the drug at home, but the company, which has a policy prohibiting workers from coming to the plant with controlled substances in their systems, fired him in 2001 after he failed several urine tests.
Washburn sued, saying his condition left him legally disabled and that required the employer to make reasonable accommodations.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court determined Washburn's impairment did not rise to the level of a disability . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
GOOD
Folk remedy for leg spasms while sleeping:
Put a bar of soap under the sheets at about knee level. Seems to work for Mrs. Bruck, although I can't imagine why. Good thing too, as we're not allowed to use medical marijuana! :)
In liberal Oregon? I am amazed...
~Grin~
Listen to the side effects warning every time you hear an advertisement for some prescription drug. It usually goes something like, "people should not use ____ who are allergic to anything. Don't use ____ if you have a history of heart disease in your family. Side effects may include shortness of breath, stomach cramps, internal bleeding, and explosive diarrhea. Call your doctor immediately if you have an erection lasting longer than four hours."
If you they sold marijuana cigarrettes, the warning on the box would read:
May cause fits of laughter and intense munchies.
An employer is not obligated to employ someone. Companies have changed their work rules, then fired people for coming in smelling like smoke. (Happened just the other day at a local hospital). This guy should just go find an employer who wants to hire him.
Holy Common sense Batman!
"He should have used Vioxx, it's much less dangerous than marijuana. Look at all the people who are dying daily, having heart attacks and such from using marijuana."
Yeah, I did that. Wound up in the emergency room. My ears have had a permanent ring for three years.
I would imagine his employer offers health insurance. No other drug works for this guy's "leg spasms"?
"A wise man ought to realize that health is the most valuable possession and learn how to treat his illnesses by his own judgement.
Hippocrates - A regimen for Health circa 500 B.C.
Was he high when he went to work?
I mean, that would really bog down the expressways.
The people are not chattel for you to ride to their labor.
Modernist concentration of knowledge within divisions of labor does not negate personal liberty nor relinguish personal sovereignty to any unelected oligarchy.
It's been a long day here at my labors. I'll think I'll go get on my ox and ride home.
I'm lucky to be able to drag my sorry @ss out, at the end of the day.
My ears have had a permanent ring for three years.
Is that from the lawyers calling? :>)
"Is that from the lawyers calling? :>)"
I declined to join the class action suit.
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