[Raymond Hendrix]

Another pot head wanting special treatment. Smoke your dope and work at home. It is illegal to drive while under the influence. The Job required that he be on call 24 hours. The company should not be forced to accept the work of someone who is loaded on drugs. I will be willing to bet that this guy has smoked this crap most of his life. He wants to be high so now he is out of work. Too bad. your job went up in smoke.

[chance33_98]

Seems a broad brush to paint with. I have never in my 37 years of life smoked pot - not once. But I was in tremendous pain and would have tried it had my doctor given it to me. My employer would have had a tough time firing me, as I was injured at work (they later did fire me, but then settled out of court when a three judge panel found I was in the right, and their own doctor showed I was seriously injured).

I had nights where I took upwards of 10 pills in an hour to control the pain, way above what I was supposed to take a day. I am better now, but had I known pot helped with pain I probably would have tried that as I can damn near frying my liver (my liver my liver!).

[rb22982]

He wasn't smoking it before hand necessarily (probably not). Marijuana traces stay in your system for up to 14-16 days. You aren't stoned except maybe 3-4 hours. Just like you would only be buzzed for a 6pack of beer for the same length of time for a normal person.

[Luis Gonzalez]

The Law (in California) allows marijuana use for medicinal purposes. The man has a legitimate prescription for marijuana from a legitimate doctor.

He was fired for doing something completely legal.

The company is wrong, but not nearly as wrong as you are.