"I feel betrayed by my company, especially when there's people making decisions on my life and they have never ever seen me face to face," Farrell, a 26-year TTC employee, told CBC Toronto. - Ellaine Farrell, TTC employeeTo continue operating a subway train, she must not take the opioid medications within eight hours of starting her shift, she said she was told by the TTC. "This felt extremely discriminating, and it felt like an invasion of my patient's health and their personal rights," said Verbora, the medical director of Aleafia Medical Cannabis Clinic. Dr. Michael Verbora, medical director of Aleafia Medical Cannabis Clinic, worries patients like Farrell are being blocked from cannabis because of stigma. (Garry Asselstine/CBC)By July 2017, Farrell said, the TTC told her she could no longer take medicinal cannabis, given her safety-sensitive position.

Source: CBC News September 18, 2018 12:16 UTC