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.

Even though Coats uses legally prescribed marijuana at work, he got fired for violating workplace policy instead.

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 employees are taking the correct medications to deal with their anxiety issues, An employer cannot 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, alcohol and marijuana are legal ,therefore, employees won’t get fired for consuming.

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

Coats was enduring pain on a daily basis and was treating it which led to him being wrongfully terminated. 

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

By consuming marijuana he was able to ease his pain, so, it’s not fair to discriminate against him.

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.

By smoking marijuana on his personal time, Coats didn’t harm 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.

The Secret Service agents’ effectiveness didn’t allow Omar Gonzalez 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 Secret Service questions how the breach of the White House occurred.

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 testimony salvaged her job, not her incompetence. 

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 carried a knife with a 4- inch blade, so, Secret Service did not use deadly force.