Posted on 12/10/2012 2:41:24 PM PST by Road Glide
DENVER A Dish Network telephone operator who was fired when he failed a drug test is suing his former employer, saying they infringed on his right to use medical marijuana away from the office.
There was no evidence that Brandon Coats, a paralyzed medical marijuana user, was impaired while he was on the clock. And thats why he said his legal usage of medical marijuana should not have cost him his job in May of 2010.
Coats case is pending in the Colorado Court of Appeals. If he loses the case, it could mean 175,000 individuals using medical marijuana in Colorado are in jeopardy of losing their jobs.
If he wins, it could mean big things for pot users.
A win for Coats could also mean tough luck for employers clinging to drug policies that are still seeking to prohibit their employees from using marijuana entirely in the wake of Amendment 64′s passage.
(Excerpt) Read more at kdvr.com ...
Throw the bastard in prison!!
Firing isn’t near good enough.
Sorry, I meant all the ones I know.
Millions in government are NOT subjected to RANDOM drug test like most of us are. This includes the Congress their staffs, the President and his staff, the senators or their staffs, government public school teachers, firemen and cops, judges, mayors etc, the IRS, police chiefs, city council members, District attorneys and the millions in nearly every big government department in the U.S., are NOT RANDOMLY drugs tested. This is no secret.
If all these people who make the big decisions and hold the big power are not randomly drug tested...It begs the question, why should the lowly private sector cubic worker be tested?
Because someone wrote it into the contract. Enlisted and commisioned get tested in the military.
If all these people who make the big decisions and hold the big power are not randomly drug tested...It begs the question, why should the lowly private sector cubic worker be tested and not those who hold the real power and control?
Because someone wrote it into the contract.
Well, then this makes the American private sector pretty damn stupid...
BTW, you continually bring up the lowly underpaid in the military...??
What about all the hundreds of thousands of others in government who actually have control, hold power and make the big decisions which affect you and everyone else?
What's up with that?
I mentioned both officers and enlisted in the military twice.
You continually evade the questions.
See the tag line below. It fits you perfecto.
I forgot what the question was, ask it again.
OK, got it...#55 is the first question you asked me;
‘Funny, the Congress, the president, the senators, school teachers, firemen and cops, judges, mayors etc, are not randomly tested...Why should the lowly Home Depot or cubic worker be?
govt employees are all randomly tested.
Bull shit!
When is the last time they lined up Congress & their staffs, the Senate, Cops, Firemen, mayors, city council, the IRS, judges, police chiefs, the president, DMV clerks, and the millions in every single big government department in the U.S., for their routine RANDOM drugs tests?
BS!~’
I do not know why the lowly Home Depot or cubic worker is tested. It must have something to do with the job requirements. Perhaps you could ask a Home Depot manager?
Again, I do not know the last time they lined up Congress & their staffs, the Senate, Cops, Firemen, mayors, city council, the IRS, judges, police chiefs, the president, DMV clerks, and the millions in every single big government department in the U.S., for their routine RANDOM drugs tests, but it seems that millions of people would make it rather difficult and expensive. I’m sure someone in the govt could answer that much better than I.
I certainly hope this clears up your evasion problems.
If all these people who make the big decisions and hold the big power are not randomly drug tested...It begs the question, why should the lowly private sector cubic worker be tested and not those who hold the real power and control?
would make it rather difficult and expensive.
Oh, too much money?
Test Johnny and Susie down at Chicken Licken, but hands off government employees who have all the power and control?
BEWAHAHAHAHAHAH..
So there ya have it...Test the lowly underpaid cubicle workers...Yet those OUTSIDE MILITARY who hold power, make the big decisions, and have total control over you and your family are NOT randomly tested.
Based on your posts, you seem ignorant and seem to think this is perfectly legitimate.
BTW, you need a basic course in using computers.
Ok. Feel better now?
Ok. Feel better now?
Yes...Thanks for asking Stu!
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
An employer should be able to fire you for any reason or no reason at all. Get a job somewhere else or start your own company.
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