d-68. there s a chance they were exposed to this virus but when they were tested, the virus had left their systems. colorado supreme court is considering a medical marijuana case being closely watched across the country. it involves a quadriplegic fired after failing a drug test. brandon coates uses it to calm symptoms. he said he never got high at work but his former employee, dish network, argues that marijuana remains illegal at the federal level and violates its drug-free policy. this will be a big deal. more and more states certainly allowing medicinal marijuana. you have states allowing it for recreational use. what do you do when your state says you can do something legally but your employer says you cannot do that same thing? absolutely right. 22 states, washington, d.c., included, allow medical marijuana. colorado was the first state that allowed recreational marijuana to be legalized. then washington followed. we ll be watching. same thing in the nfl. a lot of guys sa
for the more than 1 million real estate agents across this country, there some are very real dangers on the job. the recent murder of one realtor has brought these issues to life. beverly carter was kidnapped and killed on her way to meet a potential buyer. authorities believe she was set up. ryan owens has more. reporter: why did accused killer aaron lewis target his alleged victim arkansas real estate agent beverly carter? his answer, astounding. the 33-year-old pleaded not guilty to capital murder. he denies killing the mother and grandmother but he does admit to kidnapping her last week from this home she was showing near little rock. authorities say he posed as a buyer. we believe the person responsible for taking her, and as we know now, for her murderer is in custody. reporter: her murder allegedly at the hands of a complete stranger has shaken this city s realtors. nothing that beverly did that any of us have not done in the past. reporter: not anymore. ca
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
right to unionize and some extent, a political speech, but in terms of off-duty conduct and what you do off-duty, there are very few laws that really protect that, and colorado and the use of marijuana is an all new chartered territory. yes. as your reporter said, it s legal in the state, but it s not legal under federal law. so although brandon coates had the use of this for a medical purpose, the accommodation of a disability, federal law is used under the americans with disability act to define a disability, not state law. that was the turning point in this case. yeah. so murky. i think you ll see a lot of legal challenges between employers and employees in colorado. meantime, we know it s a tough environment for people looking for a job and hearing stories about employer, not all, but a small minority of employers asking candidates in a job interview for a facebook password, during the interview before they even extend a job offer.
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