California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill that would have protected medical marijuana patients from being fired from their jobs for testing positive for pot on a drug test.


Isn't that quaint? Apparently Arnold thinks the voters who supported Prop. 215 in 1996 intended that only those medical marijuana patients who are unemployed sould be able to make use of the law.

Medical Marijuana: Schwarzenegger Vetoes Employment Rights Bill | Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)
leadmagnet Reviewed by leadmagnet on . CA: Medical Marijuana Employment Rights Bill Passes Senate A bill passed the state Senate Wednesday that would protect hundreds of thousands of medical marijuana patients in California from employment discrimination. Assembly Bill 2279, introduced in February by Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, already passed the state assembly by a 41-35 vote in May and now goes to the governor's desk. AB 2279, co-authored by Assemblywomen Patty Berg, D-Eureka, Lori Hancock, D-Berkeley, and Lori Saldana, D-San Diego, would reverse a California Supreme Rating: 5