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Legal Marijuana Not Without Real Consequences
Employers still have the right in many states to fire workers who test positive for marijuana regardless of legality.
By Judy Muller • • 51m ListenLegal use of marijuana does not protect you from being fired from your job for lighting up – even in the privacy of your own home. Two states, Washington and Colorado, have passed laws legalizing marijuana for recreational use, and Alaska may have a similar measure on its August ballot. More than 20 states allow medical marijuana use. Yet employers still have the right in many states to fire workers who test positive for marijuana regardless of legality. Also, the Obama Administration will recognize the marriages of same-sex couples in Utah, and shameless characters on TV and why we watch them. Judy Muller guest hosts.
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3 storiesObama Administration to Recognize Utah Same-Sex Marriages
The Obama Administration today said it would recognize the marriages of some 1300 same-sex couples in Utah. This comes after the State of Utah said it would refuse to do so. The legal whiplash began in when a federal judge ruled that Utah's amendment limiting marriage to one man and one woman violated the US constitution.
Read the story8 minMarijuana Can Get You Fired -- Even When It's Legal
While the whole country is watching Washington State and Colorado to see how their laws legalizing marijuana work out, the federal government still considers pot to be an illegal substance and employers are caught in the middle. Should they follow federal or state law?
Read the story32 minThe TV Characters We Love to Scorn
On Sunday, two series return to the airwaves — the HBO's Girls and Showtime's Shameless . Girls features as its main character a 24-year old woman who is so self-absorbed and self-sabotaging that we can't believe we're tuning in.
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