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Fired for Using Legally Prescribed Pot? Pharmaceutical Discrimination Is Alive and Well in the Workplace

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

How can an employer terminate an employee for off-the-job marijuana use, even if the employee is authorized under state law to use cannabis medicinally?

If the Feds Get Their Way, Big Pharma Could Sell Pot -- But Your Dime Bag Would Still Send You to Jail

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. February 22, 2011.

We should be very wary about the DEA allowing regulation and marketing of pharmaceutical products containing plant-derived THC.

Daschle's Firm And Group Have Ties To Private Health Care Industry

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. June 19, 2009.

The firm has been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby on behalf of key players in the health care industry.

How Many "Free Trade" Senators Can PhRMA Turn Into Corporate Protectionists?

David Sirota, May 8, 2007.

David Sirota: $19 million in drug industry campaign contributions buy a big Senate vote yesterday.