• Drugs,  Labor & Employment

    You Can Still Be Fired for Marijuana Use — Even if It’s Medical Marijuana

    As expected, Alex Coolman at Drug Law Blog is all over today’s Supreme Court decision in Ross v. Raginwire Telecommunications, Inc., case no. S138130 (Jan. 24, 2008), in which the divided Supremes hold that the Compassionate Use Act, which decriminalized medical use of marijuana, does not preclude an employer from terminating an employee for such use. Coolman’s analysis is a quick fix plus it is very detailed and includes YouTube video of portions of the oral argument and commentary on the tension created with City of Garden Grove v. Superior Court, which I blogged about here. Justice Kennard’s concurring and dissenting opinion in Ross notes Ragingwire’s argument that even Ross’s…