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tridim

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14. I don't know about that.. Can a company fire someone for eating spinach?

Reply to thefool_wa (Reply #13)

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 04:12 PM

Jan 2014

If not, they wont be able to fire someone for eating Cannabis.

Both are (or will be very soon) legal herbs.

It's really an EOE issue, and I assume courts will have to rule on it soon.

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