Calling All My Fellow Mamas! WalMart Boycott in Effect!

My baby is due in July.... guess where I WON'T be buying a stroller, furniture, onesies, sleepers, diapers, etc! You lose, WalMart!




WalMart Fires Associate Of Year, Cancer Patient For Medical Marijuana

"Despite medical marijuana being legal in Michigan, WalMart has fired a cancer patient and former employee of the year who tested positive for the drug, which was recommended by his doctor." Read the whole story on Toke of the Town.

I hope my fellow Mamas will join me, please pass the message on and let's teach WalMart a lesson about the proper way to respect employees battling Cancer and Medical Cannabis!!!


UPDATE: There is now a Facebook Group, please feel free to join and share an invite with your friends. BOYCOTT: WalMart Fires Cancer Patient For Medical Marijuana

UPDATE 2: The Marijuana Policy Project gives us the latest information regarding WalMart and Joe Casius. I'd also like to highlight great comments by a poster named "Darth Nole" who emailed Walmart about the firing:


DarthNole: { 03.18.10 at 10:57 am }

Here was my response to their email:

Chris,

I understand that your position oversees Wal-Mart’s Global Ethics division, but I would like to point out that first and foremost this incident is occurring in the State of Michigan and there are laws in Michigan that you are bound to uphold. Wal-Mart should pay close attention to the language that is included within the recent Medical Marijuana law that has been implemented:

Sec. 4. (a) A qualifying patient who has been issued and possesses a registry identification card shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau, for the medical use of marihuana in accordance with this act, provided that the qualifying patient possesses an amount of marihuana that does not exceed 2.5 ounces of usable marihuana, and, if the qualifying patient has not specified that a primary caregiver will be allowed under state law to cultivate marihuana for the qualifying patient, 12 marihuana plants kept in an enclosed, locked facility. Any incidental amount of seeds, stalks, and unusable roots shall also be allowed under state law and shall not be included in this amount.

Please consider the impact as to what has occurred in this situation, and remember that the State Laws of Michigan are clear that Medical Marijuana patients…. “shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution, or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege, including but not limited to civil penalty or disciplinary action by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau, for the medical use of marihuana in accordance with this act…”

The firing of this employee is in direct opposition to the laws in Michigan and should be reversed immediately. Had this situation occurred in a State without this specific reference in the law then Wal-Mart would be justified in their actions. I hope that you can effectively review all of the circumstances surrounding this incident and come to the correct decision. I, like many others, will not be shopping in your stores until a change is made.

Darth Nole
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I’ll post their response if I get one.

DarthNole: { 03.18.10 at 11:09 am }

An excerpt from the Wal-Mart Statement of Ethics:

“If any part of this Statement of Ethics goes against local policies or laws, then the local policy or law must always be followed. It’s
our responsibility to know all of the local laws and policies that might affect our area of business.”

I would gather that they should then follow the Michigan State Medical Marijuana Laws!!!

Will you take part in the WalMart Boycott?

Note to readers, I've gone and somehow really done a number on the H T M L when all I was trying to do was add a link before the poll. :-p We can chalk my first foray into adding a Poll to one of my blog posts as "successful until I thought I could figure out code."

Thank you to all who voted, the results by Midnight Sunday night (when I finally gave up after trying to fix it for an hour) were 14 YES's and 1 NO.





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