Community | July 02, 2009 | 22 comments

Court Rules In Favor Of Man Fired For Smoking Pot

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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in favor of a man fired for using marijuana off duty from his job as Department of Corrections employee.
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22 comments // Court Rules In Favor Of Man Fired For Smoking Pot

  • Bigdog_mike
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      Bigdog_mike  
    • I think more people should get fired from there jobs for dicking around and not working.
      As long as your not puffin doobs on the job, and you can come in and work to the standards that are set for you, no harm, no foul.

    • 2 years ago
  • bleem411
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      bleem411  
    • Responsibility is the key here. He is a government employee. He knows the law. If it is illegal and he breaks the law he should be held accountable. That being said he wasn't caught with it. What happened to 2nd chances? The point here is that he shouldn't have been doing this. Off the clock or not.

    • 2 years ago
  • Johnll
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  
    • What was he doing wrong? He smoked some herbs. Hang him from a tree and beat him like a penyata. Not really folks It just goes to show ya that any one can get caught and that every body that smokes weed is not a bad person.

    • 2 years ago
  • Johnll
  • CalgarC
  • dreamsenvoy
  • good_stuff
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      good_stuff  
    • I wonder if this would set a precedent for similar cases outside of nebraska. I can't imagine that they have that lieniate of laws, since it is the midwest.

    • 2 years ago
  • Dillos
  • Johnll
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      Johnll  
    • Dillos:

      Exactly right about the government not making it legal, but they will allow millions to died from accidental deaths of to many toxins of prescriptions drugs. Oh, what a wonderful world we live free and die in.............

    • 2 years ago
  • corndog67
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      corndog67  
    • The fact is that 99% of the people that claim to need medical marijuana are full of shit and fucking it up for the people that might actually need it. That's what is bullshit. Come on, be honest about it, how many people do you know with a cannabis card actually need it for a medical condition? Other than 1 person, a cancer patient, every one I know that has one goes to a bullshit doctor that just signs off for $200 for the script, and it's all about getting stoned. At least be honest, it's all about getting stoned. And the stoned guys where I work make the most mistakes, the most scrap parts, call in sick the most, and in general, are fuck ups. Why not admit that it is just about getting stoned? As for stoned prison guards, if he smoked it one day before work, it's still in his system. Do you want someone guarding prisoners in your city under the influence of anything? Prison guards in this area of CA average 72,000/year. Up to Mid $100's. That is pretty good money. I would quit smoking for that. I actually quit smoking for way less than that.

    • 2 years ago
  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  
    • corndog67:

      If people where you work are coming to work stoned and messing up, they should be fired for incompetence. I don't think anyone who supports reclassifying cannabis, supports being stoned on the job.

      No changes in the laws will force employers to accept workers being stoned at work. There won't be 'stoned' protection.

      Everyone should not be punished because some people use bad judgment. Punish the ones who do and leave the rest alone. Accountability for ones actions is the answer. Not group punishment. Everyone who drinks a glass of wine isn't held responsible for every alcoholic.

    • 2 years ago
  • krush_productions
  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  
    • Cures glaucoma is a misstatement. Cannabis doesn't cure glaucoma, but it does relieve pressure in the eye caused by glaucoma. I don't think that is bullshit. I think it's a proven fact.

      You may not agree with many things about cannabis, but that does not make the facts bullshit. It may be your opinion, which is bullshit. But hey, you're entitled to your opinion and bullshit.

    • 2 years ago
  • corndog67
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      corndog67  
    • I work with guys that come to work stoned. Not too good in a machine shop where we work with heavy equipment. I used to years ago, but it does nothing to make the work any better.
      I know, I know, it cures cancer, makes people smarter, gives them more energy, cures glaucoma, gives them motivation, all the usual bullshit. It's just bullshit.

    • 2 years ago
  • hammywill
  • krush_productions
  • theultimateend
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      theultimateend  
    • So smoking tobacco and smelling like a burnt anus is okay but smoking pot is baaad.

      Every job I've worked has had about the same amount of smokers who were ancy for a cigarette as there were folks ancy for pot.

      Both groups had their negatives but the fact remains they were working and supporting their community.

      I'm glad he got to win the court case.

    • 2 years ago
  • ayashe
  • csuspect
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