Posted on 09/30/2014 6:19:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it.
Brandon Coats, a quadriplegic medical marijuana patient who was fired by the Dish Network after failing a drug test more than four years ago, says he still can't find steady work because employers are wary of his off-duty smoking.
In a case being closely watched around the country, Colorado's Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in Coats' case, which could have big implications for pot smokers in the first state to legalize recreational sales of the drug. The case highlights the clash between state laws that are increasingly accepting of marijuana use and employers' drug-free policies that won't tolerate it.
"Attitudes are changing toward marijuana. Laws are going to have to change, too," Coats told The Associated Press. "I'd like for this to enable people like me to find employment without being looked down upon."
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It’s the only ‘fair’ thing to do! *SMIRK*
Your joking, right?
Oh, to be so entitled. Gawd, we are in trouble!
Was wondering how they were gonna handle this. difference between alcohol and pot is pot stays in your system way longer. I predict this is gonna come up more and more.
“Attitudes are changing toward marijuana. Laws are going to have to change, too,” Coats told The Associated Press. “I’d like for this to enable people like me to find employment without being looked down upon.”
And there you have it folks, the first pothead victim of an unjust system.
Definite downside to pot in the workplace: laziness and lack of focus. Not to say there are no lines of work suited to its use, like sitting around and composing Inna-Gada-Davida.
They ignored the law of unintended consequences - people like this didn’t play enough chess.
I see what you did there.
A back door way for the Dems to cripple the oil & gas industry in Colorado.
They’ve tried to do it already via franking, which failed, but Oil & Gas companies are generally required by their insurance companies to randomly test employees for drugs and alcohol. All sub-contractors are also required.
Can you imagine what Oil & Gas company liability insurance rates will do if marijuana use is allowed?
Can’t be having those rednecks have good jobs!
Yeah, they should have a special break and lunchroom where dope smokers could have overstuffed sofas, dim lights, stero music and lotsa, lotsa snack machines. Tobacco smokers of course will still have to leave the building.
... like sitting around and composing Inna-Gada-Davida....
Well played sir!
Alcohol is legal too. But try showing up at work crocked.
Unless you’re Tip O’Neill or Ted Kennedy.
The price of Public Education...
If the stoner wins his case, look for businesses to flee
Colorado at their first opportunity.
Thanks for posting. Hubby and I have long wondered what would happen in a case like this.
“Coats, A a quadriplegic, told The Associated Press. “I’d like for this to enable people like me to find employment without being looked down upon.”
Joe Biden was heard lending his support for the Dope on dope:
- Uh, uh, Brandon Coats, is here. Stand up, Brandon, let ‘em see you. Oh, God love you. What am I talking about? I tell you what, you’re making everybody else stand up, though, pal. I tell you what, stand up for Brandon.
Unless you’re in the UAW.
An acquaintance of mine downs a 6 pack before his shift at Chrysler and takes a 6 pack for “lunch”.
The only way to be disciplined is if you are caught drinking “ on the job”
One fellow recently got caught with beer in his toolbox. The union got him off because they couldn’t prove he was the one who put it there
They must be high!!!
Oh heck, if you’re a union schlub, the only thing you CAN’T do is actually manufacture meth on the job. And the only reason for that is that that’s a foreman’s job. Get caught drunk or stoned in a union shop and they’ll make you steward.
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