ACLU defends cancer patient fired for legal marijuana use

[babsbunny]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/28/aclu-defends-cancer-patient-fired-for-legal-marijuana-use/

By Eric W. Dolan
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 -- 7:35 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union urged a U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday to reinstate a lawsuit against Wal-Mart and a manager in Michigan for firing an employee who used medical marijuana in accordance with state law.

Thirty-year-old former Wal-Mart employee Joseph Casias used marijuana to treat the symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and sinus cancer.

Casias was fired in 2009 after testing positive for marijuana. He had been successfully employed for more than five years by a Wal-Mart in Battle Creek and began using medical marijuana after voters approved the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act in 2008.

[BlueJazz]

1. Can somebody just make it go away...not just the Stupid but the unkindness.

Christ, the poor guy has Cancer and parts of society just want to shit on him...

[Skittles]

2. i agree

there seems to be an extreme lack of compassion

[Zorra]

3. I love the ACLU. nt

[Mojeoux]

4. K & R