Colorado is a place where particular residents legally smoke pot. It is as well a place where companies can terminate the people who work for their company for using marijuana outside of work and off the clock.
The Colorado Supreme Court came to the decision this Monday that a business can terminate employees for using medical cannabis off of work and following state law, a choice that was made that could distance reaching ramifications in a place that has decriminalized the majority of cannabis use.
The justices stated that individuals who work for any given employer can still be terminated from being employed if caught for marijuana use because it currently remains illegal under federal law, developing this case into a high-profile example of the sharp split between state laws and federal law.
While the decision doesn’t single out any details in specific about Colorado’s notably publicized and prospering recreational cannabis industry, concerning their efforts on medical marijuana, it potentially could instead across a state that permits anyone 21 and older to legally purchase and use cannabis.
With some open thoughts that were released Monday that dealt with an employee who lost their job because he used medical cannabis. Under Colorado state law, it is viewed discriminatory “for an employer to terminate the employment of any employee due to that employee’s engaging in any lawful activity off the premises of the employer during nonworking hours.”
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