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Originally Posted by island911
That wasn't the point.
Again, if a treatment knock a person on their butt, why should they be at work? For that matter, if a sickness knocks a person on their butt, why should they be at work?
Chemo is freaking poison. What else was this guy on?
Why should any business be forced to keep sick people at work?
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If a person can perform their duties and does no endanger others, then being sick isn't an issue. It didn't say he was on chemo - it mentioned it was prescribed for pain. But marijuana is often very effective as an antiemetic, hence my comment in that regard.
It doesn't sound like anything knocked this guy off his butt. He twisted his knee at work - that happens to most everyone (and probably more often to obese people). As far as the story mentions, there was no issue with his work. Instead he tested positive and they dumped him, then tried to cancel benefits.
Sounds to me that this is more like Walmart wanting to drop someone with a terminal illness so that he doesn't cost them a lot of money in health benefits. The pot is a convenient excuse. If they're really worried about performance, they should probably test for any number of "legal" drugs that are prescribed for pain, and then fire people if they test positive for that as well. And maybe test for anti-depressants. Wouldn't want someone killing themselves in the store. Bad for business. And since obese people cost more to insure, we should test for that as well...