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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

1. Coats was let go because of violating workplace policy, not because of legally using marijuana.

2. An employer can fire because they are taking the correct medication to deal with the issue not because they have anxiety.

3. Employees get fired but not because of going out and having a few beers after work because alcohol is legal.

4. Coats was fired but not because he was trying to treat the pain he endured on a daily basis.

5. It’s fair to distinguish him from others but not because he was able to ease the pain of his multiple spasms by using marijuana.

6. Coats never harmed anyone while at work because of his 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 was able to penetrate deep into the White House not because of the actions of Secret Service agents but because of the failure of the Secret Service agents.

8. The Secret Service has to explain its actions, not because of the way it responded to the breach of the White House, but because of the course of the breach that occurred.

9. Secret Service chief Julia Pierson will be fired not because of her testimony before Congress yesterday but because of her incompetence.

10. Secret Service agents used deadly force against the intruder because he was carrying a knife with a 4-inch blade.