Mass. Woman Fired For Using Medical Marijuana
BOSTON (CBS) – Cristina Barbuto started a great new job last year.
It lasted one day.
“I felt discriminated against,” Barbuto told WBZ. “I felt like, this is wrong, this can’t be.”
As a condition of her employment, Advantage Sales and Marketing gave Barbuto a drug test.
“I wanted to be honest, so I was up front and honest with my supervisor and said, ‘You know, I am going to fail this part of the drug test, so I just wanted to make you aware,’” she explained.
Barbuto has Crohn’s disease. When she’s suffering from a flare up, the pain can be excruciating. From time to time, she relies on her prescription for medical marijuana.
Barbuto was barely home from work after her first day on the job before the phone rang. Her drug test had come back positive for marijuana, and she was fired.
She pleaded...
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