Colorado high court upholds employee termination for medical marijuana use
By Valerie Howell on Jun 16, 2015 09:09 am
[JURIST] The Colorado Supreme Court [official website] on Monday
unanimously affirmed [opinion, PDF] a lower court decision that
employers' zero tolerance drug policies are not pre-empted by Colorado's
legalization of medical marijuana. The court held that an employee can
legally be discharged for consuming marijuana off-duty, as a plain
meaning reading of the state's lawful off duty activities statute
implies that "lawful" is intended to protect only those activities that
are permissible under both state and federal law. The opinion... +read more
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