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 for violating workplace policy, not because he was using marijuana.

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.

An employer is incapable of firing a person who has anxiety because they are taking their prescribed medication.

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.

Employees in Colorado don’t get fired for having a few beers and smoking marijuana after work because it is legal.

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

Coats was just trying to treat his pain that he would have to endure on a daily basis so he shouldn’t have been fired.

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

Marijuana helped him ease the pain of his multiple spasms, so it isn’t fair to discriminate against him because of it.

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 was harming people on his own time, not because he was smoking marijuana.

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.

Omar Gonzalez wasn’t able to penetrate deep into the White House, but it wasn’t because of the swift actions of Secret Service Agents

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 being compelled to explain its actions to how the breach occurred, not because of how they responded to the breach.

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.

Secret Service chief Julia Pierson might get fired because of her incompetence, not because of her testimony before Congress yesterday.

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

Since he was carrying a knife with only a 4-inch blade, Secret Service agents didn’t use deadly force against him.