NJCUMMA provides protection from arrest, prosecution, property forfeiture, criminal and other penalties by the State of New Jersey for those patients who use medicinal marijuana to alleviate suffering from certain medical conditions, as well as their physicians, primary caregivers, and those who are authorized to produce, process and dispense marijuana for medicinal purpose.
The Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CUMMA) was passed by the New Jersey legislature on Jan. 11, 2010, and was signed into law by Governor Corzine on Jan. 18, 2010. N.J.S.A. 24:61-1 et seq. Under CUMMA, qualified patients can possess up to two ounces of medical marijuana within a 30-day period.
A U.S. District Court judge recently dismissed a suit by an employee, who uses medical marijuana, against a New Jersey business. The employee, citing the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, sued after the company wouldn’t allow him to return to his job unless he submitted to breathalyzer and urine screenings. What is the takeaway of that ruling for employers?
A U.S. District Judge in New Jersey has ruled that an employer can indefinitely suspend an employee for his doctor-prescribed medical cannabis, The Daily Journal reports.
Ardagh Glass in Bridgeton, New Jersey did not allow medical cannabis patient Daniel Cotto Jr. to return to work after he refused a drug test. Cotto claims his employer knew about his use of medical cannabis, which was prescribed for chronic pain due to a severe neck and back injury in 2007. Cotto has provided a doctor’s note saying he is capable of operating machinery while medicated.