From NORML

Thursday, October 02, 2008
California: Governor Permits Employment Discrimination Of Medi-Pot Patients
Category: News and Politics
Sacramento, CA: Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation this week that sought to protect Californians from being fired from their jobs for their state-licensed medical cannabis use outside of the workplace.
As approved by the legislature, Assembly Bill 2279 would have declared it "unlawful for an employer to discriminate against" persons who are authorized under state law to use medical cannabis. The measure sought to reverse a January 2008 California Supreme Court ruling that held that an employer may fire someone solely on the basis of their therapeutic cannabis use during non-work hours.
"This bill attempts to shield qualified medical marijuana patients employed in non safety-sensitive positions from employment discrimination. However, I am concerned with interference in employment decisions as they relate to marijuana use," Schwarzenegger declared in his veto message. "Employment protection was not a goal of the initiative as passed by voters in 1996."
California NORML Coordinator Dale Gieringer criticized the Governor's veto, stating, "The goal of Proposition 215 was to treat marijuana like other legal pharmaceutical drugs."
For more information, please contact Dale Gieringer, California NORML Coordinator, at (415) 563-5858, or Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director.

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