A Connecticut employer has the right to terminate an employee who is impaired by medical marijuana in the workplace.
The Connecticut Appellate Court on March 19 upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against a nonprofit pre-school by a teaching assistant who used medical marijuana for treatment of her disability and was fired for violating the school’s drug-free workplace policy by showing up for work impaired.
The court ruled that even though Connecticut has a law permitting use of marijuana for medical purposes, employers still “may prohibit qualifying patients from being under its influence in