Nearly 3,000 caregivers are now in business across Maine, up from around 750 in 2011.These caregivers – the small-scale growers licensed by the state to grow marijuana for up to five patients – were once the only source of cannabis for patients who didn’t want to grow their own, but now operate alongside eight highly regulated dispensaries which opened in 2011.

In the absence of legislative action, some employees have tried to argue that their medical marijuana use is protected under disability discrimination laws.

Reasonable accommodation issues can be challenging for employers because they are very fact-sensitive, and require both employer and employee to engage in the interactive process to determine a suitable accommodation.