Sacked for using legal medicinal cannabis - a landmark trial
The Briefing9 Dec 2021

Sacked for using legal medicinal cannabis - a landmark trial

Mitchell Rice was dismissed by his employer Queensland Rail on the basis of having used a legally prescribed cannabis product to treat his medical conditions of anxiety and insomnia.

He’s suing. Mitchell says he developed the conditions from a combination of extensive shift work for Queensland Rail, as well as caring for his terminally ill mother.

Despite evidence from Rice’s medical practitioner declaring that the medication would not affect his capacity to work safely, as long as the medication was taken more than 8 hours before commencing work, Queensland Rail proceeded to terminate his employment. We’re joined by Mitchell Rice and his lawyer Jeremy Kennedy, from Chamberlain’s Law Firm.

On today’s Briefing, we look at a landmark trial over a man losing his job for taking medicinal cannabis.

Donations For the Legal Fees of Mitchell Rice to Assist Users of Prescription Cannabis Against Discrimination in the Workplace: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donations-for-the-legal-fees-of-mitchell-rice

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