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Should a Worker Be Fired for Using Medical Marijuana at Home?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 07/11/2015 - 08:45

For Hoot Gibson of Aurora, Colorado, using medical marijuana came at the end of a long journey.

Gibson, 44, lives with multiple sclerosis and degenerative disk disease. He experiences pain, tremors, and seizures, among other symptoms.

Over the years, he tried a whole slew of pharmaceutical remedies, including opiate painkillers, anticonvulsants, muscle relaxants, and antidepressants.

“These drugs created addictions, lethargy, loss of interest in daily life and activities while providing no positive results for the symptoms they were supposed to be helping,” Gibson told Healthline.

Finally, disabled, unable to work, and out of other options, Gibson moved to Colorado and began using cannabis products to manage his symptoms.

“I am a ‘medical refugee,’” he said. “I had to move 2,000 miles to be able to have access to medicine that could help me where countless pharmaceuticals had failed.”

While Colorado has offered Gibson a safe haven, it didn’t provide Brandon...

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