Title:
Medical marijuana employment discrimination bill hearing tomorrow
Message:
Also, save the dates for MPP medical marijuana forums: March
30 and 31!
H.B. 2541, a
bill that would make it easier for employers to fire medical marijuana
patients, has already passed
the House, 56-3. Please e-mail your senator today in opposition to the
bill. You can also show your support for patients’ rights by attending the committee
hearing tomorrow. Please dress professionally.
What: H.B. 2541 Senate Commerce and
Energy Committee hearing. If you are a seriously ill patient, briefly testify
and describe how detrimental it would be if you lost your job for using your
medicine.
When: Tomorrow, Wednesday,
March 16 at 9:00 a.m.
Where: SHR 109, Arizona
Capitol
H.B. 2541 could possibly allow an employer to fire a medical
marijuana patient based on a report alleging workplace impairment from a
colleague who is “believed to be reliable.” It also would seemingly allow
termination based on a positive drug test, which contradicts Prop 203’s
language explicitly protecting patients from termination without proof of
workplace impairment or possession.
Also, MPP is hosting educational
forums on Arizona’s medical marijuana law — in Tucson on March 30, and in
Phoenix on March 31, from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Please save the dates.
In other news, H.B.
2585, which would add confidential medical marijuana patient data to the
prescription monitoring program, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee, 8-1, on
March 7, after passing the House, 51-6. Please call
to urge your senator to vote “no” on H.B. 2585.
