The Third District of the California Court of Appeals ruled that the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) does not preclude employers from firing or not hiring a person who uses illegal drugs.
In Ross v. Raginwire Telecommunications, Inc., No. C043392, 09/07/2005, Gary Ross, who suffers from chronic back pain and is a qualified individual with a disability as defined by FEHA, uses marijuana to ease his back pain. His physician recommended marijuana use after traditional pain medications failed to alleviate his pain. Two years after Ross began using marijuana, Raginwire Telecommunications...
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