Employers are gaining the upper hand in the handful of suits by workers who are fired for using medical marijuana, but lawyers warn the workplace rights of workers who participate in the state’s medical marijuana program are fluid and subject to change, and that court rulings or state or federal regulations could change the whole picture.

Medical marijuana users are subject to termination for complex reasons that reflect the wide variations between state and federal laws in the way therapeutic use of marijuana is governed, lawyers said.

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