Calif. bill would bar firing medical pot users

Associated Press - August 29, 2008 10:14 PM ET

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California employees can't be fired just because they use medical marijuana, according to a bill that has passed the Legislature.

The measure by Assemblyman Mark Leno would overturn a ruling issued by the state Supreme Court last January.

The San Francisco Democrat's legislation would bar employers from punishing employees solely because they use marijuana under Proposition 215. That 1996 initiative allows people to use marijuana to ease a health problem with a doctor's recommendation.

Leno's bill wouldn't protect employees who hold public safety positions or who were under the influence of marijuana while on the job.

The bill cleared its final legislative hurdle Friday when the Assembly voted 41-31 to approve Senate amendments.


On the Net: Read the bill, AB2279, at http://www.assembly.ca.gov

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from information on this from ASA... ASA*:*Medical Marijuana Employment Rights Bill Passes Both California Houses

Sounds like such a wonderful thing, and something that should have been considered way back in 1996.

Thanks for the post GreenSurfer

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