WAL-MART IS LAW, YOU ARE CRIME

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ITEM: Wal-mart employee Joseph Casias is fired after testing positive for marijuana – even though he smokes it for medicinal use, and even though medicinal marijuana is legal in the state of Michigan.

In an e-mail from headquarters, WalMart spokesman Greg Rossiter explained the company policy.  It states: "In states, such as Michigan, where prescriptions for marijuana can be obtained, an employer can still enforce a policy that requires termination of employment following a positive drug screen. We believe our policy complies with the law and we support decisions based on the policy."

In other words, medical marijuana is legal only if Wal-mart says it is.

Yes, I know, the half-assed logic here is probably along the lines of “If we make an exception for people with prescriptions, we’ll have to make exceptions for everyone and then all our staff will be dope fiends.”

Or – just as likely – Wal-mart is a national business that operates in states where medical marijuana is still illegal, and – by no coincidence – many of the same states are populated with people who still think that sparking a spliff is morally no different from injecting children with heroin. And Wal-mart is not about to adopt any policy that gets it in Dutch with the Bible Belt territories.

Also, it’s not as though Wal-mart is known for its fair employment practices anyway.

I’m just saying.

Reefer madness,

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