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Walmart Fires Cancer Patient for Legally Using Medical Marijuana

By Mike Meno, Marijuana Policy Project

Posted on March 14, 2010, Printed on March 15, 2010

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(http://www.alternet.org/story/146031/)

ph 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.

But Walmart, the world’s largest public corporation, has no sympathy for

his condition or regard for Michigan’s state law. Last November,_Walmart

fired Casias_

(http://www.wzzm13.com/news/most_popular_story.aspx?storyid=119421 & provider=top)

because he tested positive for marijuana during a routine

drug screening.

Here’s what a Walmart spokesman had to say:

“In states, such as Michigan, where prescriptions for marijuana can be

obtained, an employer can still enforce a policy that requires termination of

employment following a positive drug screen. We believe our policy complies

with the law and we support decisions based on the policy.â€

To add insult to injury, Walmart is now challenging Casias’ eligibility

for unemployment. Simply outrageous. This is the thanks he gets for showing

up to work and doing his job for the last five years, despite being stricken

with a life-threatening illness. “I gave them everything,†Casias told a

local news outlet. “One-hundred-To add insult to injury, Walmart is now

challenging Casias’ eligibility for unemployment. Simply outrageous. This is

the t

Sadly, the dilemma facing medical marijuana patients who still have no

legal protection from being fired is _nothing new_

(http://blog.mpp.org/medical-marijuana/medical-marijuana-and-the-workplace/01252\

010/) .

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