Can an Employer Fire Someone for Using Hormone Replacement Therapy Steroids Under a Dr’s Care?

Question by sfreconmerc: Can an employer fire someone for using hormone replacement therapy steroids under a Dr’s care?
A friend of mine was fired for testing + on a urine test for Nandrolone metabolites (Deca). He turned in his very legal prescriptions before his test, yet the company still fired him for going against their Drug & Abuse policy. How can this happen?

Best answer:

Answer by Snowflake
He should sue. He’d win.

Answer by SkepDoc 2.0
Sounds like a wrongful dismissal lawsuit to me.

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