Justice
Don't Bet Your Job on Legal Pot
Despite state laws, employees can still be terminated for testing positive for weed.
By many accounts, Brandon Coats was a star employee, but that wasn’t enough to save his job.
Coats, a quadriplegic, used medical marijuana after work to control painful muscle spasms. He claims he was never late and never under the influence on the job, and was in the top 5 percent of performers in the Dish Network corporate sales department.