SHAME ON YOU!

When Joseph Casias, a Michigan resident was told he had nasopharyngeal cancer, he was devastated. Still, he was able to get some relief of his pain with “medical marijuana,” which is legal in Michigan, and was able to return to his job and be productive. Then the other shoe dropped.

Wal-Mart, his employer, performed a drug test on him which, obviously, proved positive. Despite the fact that he never smoked his legal marijuana at work, or came to work “high,” he was terminated because of the drug test. Apparently, Wal-Mart is less interested in keeping a man who earned an “Associate of the Year” award, than in enforcing a medieval and clearly inapplicable drug policy.

There is, of course, an issue as to whether this constituted Wrongful Termination since marijuana remains illegal under federal law, but there is no issue about the callous lack of concern or cavalier attitude of Wal-Mart for an otherwise valuable employee. One wonders, though, if this was a clandestine attempt to remove an employee from their health plan (such as it is), that would cost them more money because of his cancer.

SHAME ON YOU, WAL-MART for your callous attitude, and SHAME ON THE GOP for their juvenile and contemptible antics in trying to prevent our country from providing the health care that would make this story a thing of the past. I propose that all members of Congress and their families be stripped of all health insurance until all Americans have coverage. I’ll bet a comprehensive health care bill would be passed, nearly unanimously, within the week.