EOC Week 5- Marijuana in Workplace

The Colorado case deals with marijuana in the workplace because it is now legal there. In this case was a man who had been in a car accident. He was prescribed medical marijuana. The company he worked for gave him a random drug test, which he failed. The company said that employees are not allowed to smoke no matter what. The man argues that it is medicine and never goes to work under the influence. I do not think the company should win this case because he is legally allowed to use marijuana for medical reasons and he never uses it before work. “In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example, eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death.” -Francis Young

            “Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within the supervised routine of medical care.” -Francis Young I think companies should not be allowed to fire you for having medical marijuana. They have no reason to be concerned if you are not doing it at work. Marijuana can actually benefit its patients a lot. Companies in states where marijuana is legal for medical use, should not be allow to legally do anything to patients with it. It is just like prescription pills; they are not good for you but are used for medical reasons. There should be more laws to protect medical marijuana patients. “Marijuana is quite possibly the finest of intoxicants. It has been scientifically proven, for decades, to be much less harmful to the body than alcohol when used on a regular basis” -Nick Offerman