Currently in California if you have a doctors recommendation to use medical marijuana you are NOT protected from your employers drug policy.   They can still randomly drug test you and fire you if they find THC in your system.    A new law being being submitted by State Sen. Mark Leno (D- San Francisco) would protect employees from being fired or not hired due to using medical marijuana.  SB-129 would allow California workers to medicate legally outside of work and not have to worry about their companies drug policy. THIS IS A GOOD LAW AND NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT.  READ ON…

In 2008 the California Supreme Court ruled in Ross V. RagineWire Telecommunications that employers have the right to fire or refuse to hire someone based on a positive drug test for marijuana.

A law similar to SB-129 was passed a few years back but vetoed by the Governator.

Here is my position:   patients should be allowed to use their medication without fear of being fired.   Obviously because cannabis is psychoactive I think employers should be able to say that it can not be used during working hours.  But if a patient needs to medicate after work and it in no way prevents them from doing their job then that should be fine.

Currently is a patient wears a fentanyl (opiate) patch for pain management he/she is allowed to work and is protected under the law.   If a patient has a prescription for valium he is also allowed to work.   Cannabis should be no different.