by Jennifer Alexander
Board of Directors, Oregon NORML
4/22/10

On April 15, 2010, the Oregon Supreme Court overturned an earlier ruling in the case of EMERALD STEEL FABRICATORS, INC., v. BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES. A few years ago, a man by the name of Anthony Scevers was fired from Emerald Steel Fabricators Inc. where he was a drill press operator. When he informed them he was an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) patient, they proceeded to fire him without further discussion one week later. According to court documents, they justified the firing by claiming he was “illegally using drugs” and that they could not allow him to work there for safety reasons.

by Jennifer Alexander
Board of Directors, Oregon NORML
4/20/10

Many Oregonians are proud to be citizens of one of the first states to have allowed the use of medical marijuana.  For many years, the federal government has led us to believe that marijuana had “no medical value” by retaining it in Schedule I and by continuing to plague us with propaganda that insists that marijuana is “dangerous.”   As of April 1, 2010, there are over 32,000 medical marijuana patients currently holding cards in Oregon that disprove the notion that marijuana has “no medical value.”  Marijuana remains among the safest drugs known to mankind.