the line. turns out, colorado s new rocky mountain high comes with a catch. test positive for thc at work, you could hear the words you re fired. i m not going get bitter anytime soon. i need the marijuana and i don t want to go the whole rest of my life without having a job. reporter: it happened to brandon, a quadriplegic fired in 2010 working as a telephone customer service representative, good annual reviews and using medical marijuana off duty to control muscle spasms when a company drug test showed thc in his system. the first time that dish ever knew about brandon s use. reporter: so coates case went to court. both the arapaho county trial court and state appeals court ruled in dish network s favor saying even though marijuana is legal in colorado, it is still illegal under federal law. in a statement to cnn, the company defended coates