Marijuana in the Work Force

California: In an important victory for medical marijuana patients, the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment last week approved Assembly Bill 2279 in a 6-2 vote. The measure will now go to the Assembly floor. If passed, AB 2279 would protect patients from employment discrimination on the basis of their state-licensed medical cannabis use in off-work hours. (The bill exempts workers in safety-sensitive jobs, including law enforcement). Californians are strongly encouraged to contact their Assemblymembers via NORML’s online advocacy system.

Found this on NORML's website--this is a website dedicated reforming marijuana laws. If someone is legally perscribed a medical marijuana license, they shouldn't be discriminated at work. They have a license because they have an illness of some sort that requires them to use marijuana for medicinal purposes. The work place has no right to invade the privacy of one's personal medical records. HAPPA laws prohibit any and all medical information without with a signed concent from the patient. US laws don't allow any form of discrimation, so why are they getting away with this discrimination in this particular field? I think this is unfair and goes against our civil liberties.