Sentences with phrase «authorized use of medical marijuana»
It further held that MUMA «does not proclaim a sufficient public policy to give rise to a tort action for wrongful termination for authorized use of medical marijuana.»
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The bill forbids local authorities from working with federal agents, including using «agency money, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to assist a federal agency to investigate, detain, detect, report, or arrest a person for commercial or noncommercial marijuana or medical cannabis activity that is authorized by law in the State of California.»
The U.S. Justice Department's decision to turn a blind eye to the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that authorize medical or even recreational use of the drug eventually may make it easier to use credit cards for such transactions, but a banking ban on legal pot sellers remains intact for now.
Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for Federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of «medical marijuana.»
Oregon was the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis (in 1973), and amongst the first to authorize medical marijuana growing and use (1998).
Roe then filed Roe v. TeleTech, arguing that (a) MUMA provides a private cause of action against an employer who discharges an employee for authorized medical marijuana use, and (b) under the «public policy» of MUMA, employees may not be discharged for authorized medical marijuana use.
The court held that MUMA «does not regulate the conduct of a private employer or protect an employee from being discharged because of authorized medical marijuana use.»
The owner of unit 7 used the unit to grow marijuana pursuant to a licence from Health Canada, which authorized him to produce marijuana for his own medical purposes.