Brandon Coats, a quadriplegic man who used medical marijuana off-duty to control muscle spasms, was fired in 2010 by Dish after failing a random drug test.
By Alicia Wallace, The Denver Post
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday affirmed lower courts’ rulings that businesses can fire employees for the use of medical marijuana — even if it’s off-duty.
The 6-0 decision comes nine months after the state’s highest court heard oral arguments in Brandon Coats’ case against Dish Network. Coats, who had a medical marijuana card and consumed pot off-duty to control muscle spasms, was fired in 2010 after failing a random drug test.
Read more on this story at http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/15/colorado-drug-testing-laws-marijuana-use-coats-vs-dish-network/36110/
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