My mom just got hired at a manufacturing plant. My mother also suffers from sciatica and has a pump implant that shoots her up with fucking fentanyl because of how much pain she's in. She's been denied disability over and over again. She referred me, and I had an interview last week and was offered the job. I'm supposed to start Monday. I don't have a car so we were going to carpool. She called me earlier today and told me that while she was working, she hurt her back and her supervisor was checked on her to see what was the matter. She told them what happened, and the supervisor asked what she usually does in situations like this, to which my mom replied that she takes her prescribed medication (an opiate), which she had in her purse in her locker. The supervisor told her to go and take the medication, and then see the on-sight nurse. She asks if it's really ok to take the medication, twice, to which the supervisor says yes. So she takes half a pill and goes to the nurse, who tells her that she's fired for taking an opiate on the job, and because she's incapable of working. What the fuck. Now I'm out of a job too because I can't get there without a car.