Newshawk: Please Read the Case Facts: www.mapinc.org/alert/0440.html
Pubdate: Tue, 6 Jul 2010
Source: Detroit Free Press (MI)
Page: 5A
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/yNyaXYiQ
Copyright: 2010 Detroit Free Press
Contact: http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/opinion04/50926009
Author: Gina Damron, Free Press Staff Writer
Cited: Michigan Department of Civil Rights http://mapinc.org/url/ANG6iOJL
Referenced: Casias v. Wal-Mart
http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/casias_complaint_6_24_10.pdf
Referenced: Michigan’s law http://drugsense.org/url/8mvr7sW8
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Joseph+Casias
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topic/Wal-Mart
MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW IN MICHIGAN RUNS INTO WORKPLACE RULE
Employers Not Required to Allow Marijuana Use
If a recently filed medical marijuana lawsuit reaches the Michigan
Court of Appeals or state Supreme Court, it could produce a
precedent-setting decision that impacts employers and patients, whose
jobs may be at risk even when legally using the drug.
Joseph Casias — a 30-year-old Battle Creek resident who legally uses
marijuana — filed a lawsuit last week against Wal-Mart in Calhoun
County Circuit Court after being fired for testing positive for pot
during a drug test.
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Continues: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n523/a08.html