According to an Associated Press article, Sheida Assar, a college student in Arizona, is suing her college for being expelled for using prescribed medical marijuana.
Assar was expelled from GateWay Community College in Phoenix last month for violating the school’s drug policy after she tested positive for marijuana. Assar has said she uses the plant to treat chronic pain from polycystic ovary syndrome. She said she typically used the drug to help her sleep.
She was studying diagnostic medical sonography, Assar said. She was told by an instructor that she wouldn’t have any problems if she presented her Arizona medical marijuana card.
“They yanked me out of class in the middle of the school day,” said Assar, 31, of Chandler, Arizona. “They escorted me to the administration like I was a … criminal. It’s discrimination, and it also violates my rights under the Arizona medical marijuana law.”
Assar said she intends to sue GateWay to recoup the $2,000 she spent on tuition and other educational expenses and seek more money in damages.
