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CA 3rd: Marijuana Use Not Protected Under FEHA
09/08/2005
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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TX 9th: Positive Drug Test Not Conclusive
08/12/2005
The Ninth District of the Texas Court of Appeals ruled that a positive drug test for marijuana is insufficient to prove that the claimant was intoxicated at the time of injury.
In American Interstate Ins. Co. v. Hinson No. 09-04-369 CV 08112005 William Hinson was injured when he fell
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Ariz. Supreme Court Strikes Down Drug Rule
08/11/2005
contributing cause to the accident.
In Grammatico the injured worker fell while working on stilts installing drywall and broke his right wrist and left knee. Grammatico admitted that he had smoked marijuana and ingested methamphetamine on the previous two days when he was not at work. His post-accident
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ID Commission: Vegas Trip Precludes Recovery
08/02/2005
Claimant volunteered to the Surety investigator that she also smoked marijuana while there. Claimant had only been released from a local community work center after having served about seven years of a ten-year sentence for felony possessiondelivery of marijuana about a month before her alleged accident
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AZ Supreme Court to Hear Drug-Use Case
04/26/2005
cluttered area on a construction site. Grammatico was denied workers' compensation benefits under an Arizona statute after he tested positive for methamphetamine and marijuana. Grammatico admitted using both drugs on the weekend prior to the accident SCF said.
"Legal experts agree that it's a
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KS Senate Passes Drug and Alcohol Exemption
03/23/2005
compounds
or substances including but not limited to any drugs or medications
which are available to the public without a prescription from a
health care provider prescription drugs or medications any form or type
of narcotic drugs marijuana stimulants depressants or hallucinogens..."
The
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AZ Supreme Court Takes on Drug Policy
02/14/2005
to the ingestion of marijuana and methamphetamine which was confirmed by a drug test. Consequently SCF denied benefits.
Division One said "By denying compensation to a claimant who
fails to pass refuses to cooperate with or refuses to take a
qualified alcohol or drug impairment test unless
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CA DR Surrenders License after Drug Charges
11/19/2004
. Lange was observed to have dilated pupils and was shaking and sweating.
When officers attempted to place him in custody Lange resisted arrest. The officers found 476 nitrous oxide canisters cream chargers and two small burnt rolled marijuana cigarettes in his car. Lange was arrested for violation
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2 CA MDs Surrender License After Formal Accusations
07/26/2004
substances in containers with labels indicating that he had prescribed these substances to himself or in containers with labels indicating that the substances were prescribed to others. An item of drug paraphernalia commonly described as a "bong" or device for smoking marijuana also was seized at his
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AZ Court Rules Work Comp Drug Policy Unconstituional
05/24/2004
admitted to the ingestion of marijuana and methamphetamine which was confirmed by a drug test. Consequently SCF denied benefits.
The administrative law judge at the Commission hearing found the claim non-compensable due to the violation of Arizona statute section 23-1021D1 because Grammatico had
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