Wallendo
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Reading the whole linked article, Illinois does allow pre-employment screening.Legalized Marijuana in Illinois: 5 Things Employers Need to Know
Illinois law says employers cannot discriminate against an employee for marijuana use outside the workplace. The state added weed to protected substances such as alcohol and nicotine.
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- Employers can reject job applicants, and discipline workers, based on a positive test
Since JD would likely work for a health care system at some point, this could be a problem in the future. Most health systems require a pre-employment drug screen and require employees to allow random screening (although random screens are extremely rare). He was not an employee at the time, so it likely wouldn't be an issue unless this was a requirement of his program.
I doubt this has anything to do with this case.
I also doubt this was his first use of marijuana.
I also don't think he was trying to avoid the TB test for any reason.
My gut feeling is that he was having issues of some sort, and possibly, the clinic not yet being open, an otherwise minor inconvenience, was the straw that broke the camel's back. To me whatever happened to him happened before visiting the dispensary.