1. Coats wasn’t fired because he was using a legal drug, marijuana, for a legitimate purpose for which he had a prescription. He was fired for violating workplace policy.

Coats was fired due to violating a workplace policy of using marijuana, even though it was for a legitimate purpose for which he had a prescription and was a legal drug. 

2. An employer isn’t able to fire a person who has anxiety because they are taking the correct medication to deal with the issue.

If a worker has anxiety and is taking correct medication to deal with this issue an employer is unable to fire them. 

3. Employees don’t get fired for going out and having a few beers after work because alcohol is legal, but in Colorado so is marijuana.

In Colorado marijuana and alcohol is legal and if employees go out and have a few beers they can not get fired. 

4. Coats shouldn’t have been fired because he was trying to treat the pain he endured on a daily basis.

 Coats was trying to treat the pain he endured on a daily basis and should not have been fired for it. 

5. It’s not fair to discriminate against him because he was able to ease the pain of his multiple spasms by using marijuana.

Because he is using marijuana to ease the pain of his multiple spasms he shouldn’t not be discriminated against. 

6. Coats wasn’t harming anyone at his job because he was smoking marijuana but he was doing so on his own time and not at work.

Since coasts was smoking marijuana on his own time and not at work he was not harming anyone at his job. 

BACKGROUND FOR 7-10: The director of the Secret Service ordered an internal review of its security procedures around the White House after a man armed with a knife who jumped the fence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Friday night managed to make his way through the front door of President Obama’s home before being stopped, officials said Saturday.

7. Omar Gonzalez didn’t penetrate deep into the White House because of the swift actions of Secret Service agents.

From the swift actions of Secret Service agents Omar Gonzalez was unable to penetrate deep into the White House.

8. The Secret Service isn’t being compelled to explain its actions because of the way it  responded to the breach of the White House, but how the breach occurred is under question.

The way the Secret Service responded to the break of the White House, they are not being compelled to explain its actions even though how the breach occurred is under question. 

9. Secret Service chief Julia Pierson won’t be fired because of her testimony before Congress yesterday. Her incompetence might cost her her job though.

Julia Pierson’s incompetence might cost her her job, but her testimony before Congress yesterday will not cost her her job. 

10. Secret Service agents didn’t use deadly force against the intruder because he was carrying a knife with a 4-inch blade.

Since the intruder was carrying a knife with a 4-inch blade the Secret Service did not use deadly force.