FILE – In this April 25, 2013, file photo, attorney Michael Evans, left, listens in his office in Denver, as his client Brandon Coats talks about the Colorado Court of Appeals ruling that upheld Coats being fired from his job after testing positive for the use of medical marijuana
Pot may be legal in Colorado, but using it can still get you fired
Quadriplegic Brandon Coats is a medical marijuana user who worked for Dish Network until he was fired in 2010 for flunking a random drug test. The company cited its zero-tolerance drug policy but acknowledged there was no evidence that Coats was high on the job. In Colorado, marijuana is legal (although against federal law). So Coats took his case to court — and the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday against him. The case is important for pot smokers and their employers in states where use has been legalized. Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational use of the drug in 2012. Monday’s ruling makes it at least the fourth state in which courts have ruled against medical marijuana patients who are fired for using pot.
State court upholds FEDERAL LAW.. I thought that states had RIGHTS ? Maybe we have become a FEDERATIONS OF LEMMINGS ?
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Because it’s so very important not to be high while working at a desk job for Dish Network. And does that zero-tolerance drug policy include prescription medications like Oxy and Xanax? Discriminating against a drug that is more beneficial and less harmful than prescription drugs is just plain stupid.