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‘This Is A Medicine’: The Australians Prescribed Cannabis But Left Fighting To Keep Their Jobs

By administrator August 26, 2023 1 min read

Some workers have been stood down while others face stigma or are hiding their use. But reform could be on the way.

When Zhia Zariko told her manager she had a legal prescription for medical cannabis, she hoped it would help break down the stigma that people who use marijuana are “useless stoners”.

“Now everyone knows they work with someone who is a very high level worker, very hardworking, very engaged – and I am on medicinal cannabis,” says the university lecturer from Melbourne.

– Read the entire article at The Guardian.

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