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.

Although it looked like Coats was fired for his prescription marijuana, he was let go because he violated workplace policy.

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.

As long as the user takes the correct amount of medication, they cannot be fired by the employer.

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, both alcohol and marijuana are legal to use, and employees won’t face the consequence of getting fired.

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

Coat’s daily pain was treated with his medication which he was wrongfully terminated for using.

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

Coat’s marijuana usage allowed him to ease the multiple spasms he had every day, so it was wrong to dismiss his absence.

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.

Coats only smoked on his own time, which caused no harm to his employers.

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.

The quick actions of the Secret Service ensured Omar Gonzalez did not make his way further 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 Secret Service is wondering how the breach in the White House occurred and is now under investigation.

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.

Although Julia Pierson escaped from being fired before her Congress testimony yesterday, her incompetence over this matter might have.

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

The intruder was carrying a knife with a 4-inch blade, so the Secret Service agents did not use deadly force.