8th Circuit Upholds Firing Of Worker Who Says CBD Oil Caused Failed Drug Test

( September 3, 2025, 4:19 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An Arkansas employer has the right to fire an employee at any time “for good cause, no cause, or even a morally wrong cause” under Arkansas’ employment-at-will doctrine, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in a per curiam unpublished opinion issued in a case brought by an employee who sued over his firing after failing a drug test, the results of which he attributed to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil for back pain from an on-the-job injury....