{"id":4288,"date":"2015-06-15T22:32:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T22:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/the-colorado-supreme-court-says-smoking-weed-can-still-get-you-fired-vice\/"},"modified":"2015-06-15T22:32:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T22:32:15","slug":"the-colorado-supreme-court-says-smoking-weed-can-still-get-you-fired-vice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/the-colorado-supreme-court-says-smoking-weed-can-still-get-you-fired-vice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Colorado Supreme Court Says Smoking Weed Can Still Get You Fired &#8211; VICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/the-colorado-supreme-court-says-smoking-weed-can-still-get-you-fired-vice\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVYUSxGwT5vM8m7zsx7kJWKDo0Bw&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52778876398511&amp;ei=1-R_VeD9H-O0wQGzzZWoDw&amp;url=http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/the-colorado-supreme-court-says-legal-or-not-smoking-weed-can-still-get-you-fired-615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/t2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSf6luQokvphs43jAsX74KBkIxmYFo3W5Gu4RPie_xGOOt_U3f_r05RCX2aHsSiyeVGW2OI5WuQ\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><br \/><font size=\"-2\">VICE<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVYUSxGwT5vM8m7zsx7kJWKDo0Bw&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52778876398511&amp;ei=1-R_VeD9H-O0wQGzzZWoDw&amp;url=http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/the-colorado-supreme-court-says-legal-or-not-smoking-weed-can-still-get-you-fired-615\"><b>The Colorado Supreme Court Says <b>Smoking Weed<\/b> Can Still Get You Fired<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">VICE<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">In 2010, a 30-year-old quadriplegic man named Brandon Coats was fired from his gig as a telephone operator with Dish Network in Colorado after failing a random drug test\u2014even though he had a prescription for the drug under the state&#39;s medical <b>pot<\/b> law.<\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><a 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style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVYUSxGwT5vM8m7zsx7kJWKDo0Bw&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52778876398511&amp;ei=1-R_VeD9H-O0wQGzzZWoDw&amp;url=http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/the-colorado-supreme-court-says-legal-or-not-smoking-weed-can-still-get-you-fired-615\"><b>The Colorado Supreme Court Says <b>Smoking Weed<\/b> Can Still Get You Fired<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">VICE<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">In 2010, a 30-year-old quadriplegic man named Brandon Coats was fired from his gig as a telephone operator with Dish Network in Colorado after failing a random drug test\u2014even though he had a prescription for the drug under the state&#39;s medical <b>pot<\/b> law.<\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><a 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