cannabisnews.com: Court Refines Marijuana Law Court Refines Marijuana Law Posted by CN Staff on January 13, 2005 at 07:53:06 PT By Brent Hunsberger Source: Oregonian A state appeals court ruled Wednesday that Oregon employers might have to make reasonable accommodations for disabled workers with state permission to use marijuana to treat pain. But the ruling, handed down Wednesday by the Oregon Court of Appeals, left it up to employers and lower courts to decide just how far employers must go to accommodate qualified medical-marijuana users at work, employment attorneys say. The decision focused on a case brought by Robert Washburn, who alleges Columbia Forest Products Inc. violated the Oregonians with Disabilities Law by refusing to accommodate his use of marijuana for medical reasons. Portland-based Columbia Forest Products fired Washburn, a millwright, in 2001 from its Klamath Falls mill after urine tests detected marijuana residue in his system. Washburn suffers from neck pain and muscle spasms that disrupt his sleep. In 1999, he obtained a state-issued medical marijuana registration card, giving him the right to treat chronic pain by smoking the drug. He says smoking marijuana resolves his sleeping problem. A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge had tossed out Washburn's lawsuit, ruling that the state Medical Marijuana Act doesn't require a company to make accommodations for workers with marijuana "in their system." But the Court of Appeals ruling reinstated the lawsuit. The court found that a positive drug test based on a urine sample does not prove that a worker used or possessed marijuana at work. It also found that the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act does not prohibit workers in Oregon from using marijuana for medical purposes. Snipped:Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/refines.htmSource: Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)Author: Brent HunsbergerPublished: Friday, January 07, 2005Copyright: 2005 The OregonianContact: letters news.oregonian.comWebsite: http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/Related Article & Web Site:Medicinal Cannabis Research Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/research.htmWorker Fired for MMJ Use Lawsuit Reinstatedhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20123.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #11 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 17:38:27 PT mayan Things are changing. I was just at Digital Globe looking at pictures of the Tsunami. Nature does what it wants when it wants and no person can win a battle with nature. The earth will humble the wealthy and the poor. We abuse the earth but it will adjust and react to what we do to it. I find it fascinating. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by mayan on January 13, 2005 at 16:56:27 PT FoM Everything on Earth is changing. Grass has become established in Antarctica...Grass flourishes in warmer Antarctic: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C2087-1415627%2C00.html [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 10:23:53 PT siege You could be right. I was just checking out this web site.http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/earthandsun/ice_berg_ram.htmlThis collison is going to be the largest demolition derby of all times they called it on this site. I don't think it will cause damage to people but we should see some remarkable pictures when it hits in the next few days. [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by siege on January 13, 2005 at 10:14:59 PT FoM The world is over do for an ((Ice Age )) by about 500 years and this weather is what happins befor the on set. (Global Warming) is what they are trying to tell the people the problem is. Earth's axis are off center and to put it back in place an ice age doze it. When this process continues for centuries, ice sheets begin to form. Finally, the shape of Earth's orbit also changes. [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 09:59:32 PT afterburner It is a beautiful song. We're getting buds on the trees. This is snowball weather. We've had some warm weather in the past but not for this long. Very weird to me. We had bad lightning the other night enough that I turned off the computer and just thought how strange it is. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by afterburner on January 13, 2005 at 09:45:47 PT FoM, Believe It or Not We have spring-like weather today too. I do love that song though, and I have heard Neil Young's version several times lately in addition to Ian Tyson's. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 09:23:51 PT Off Topic I know this has nothing to do with anything but this last week here in Ohio has been so darn warm. It's 70 degrees today. I wonder if global warming is causing this. It's down right crazy weather that I have never seen before. Save The Planet For Another Day [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 09:12:32 PT afterburner Four Strong Winds is playing now and I thought of you. I agree with Richard Cowan too! [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by afterburner on January 13, 2005 at 09:06:57 PT Great News, but I Still Say, ''Regulate and Tax" As Richard Cowan said, "Let's get the sick and dying off the battlefield." Hear that, Supreme Court Justices? [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by potpal on January 13, 2005 at 09:03:25 PT off topic / colombia http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4171901.stm [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on January 13, 2005 at 07:56:57 PT A Little Bit of Hope Go Oregon! Stand up for your rights! [ Post Comment ] Post Comment