Attorney Michael Evans, left, speaks in his office in Denver on Thursday, April 25, 2013, as his client Brandon Coats listens about the Colorado Court of Appeals ruling that was handed down on April 25, 2013, that upheld Coats being fired from his job after testing positive for the use of medical marijuana. Coats, a quadriplegic medical marijuana patient, was fired from his job in 2010 as a telephone operator at Dish Network after testing positive for marijuana. The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday, April 25, 2013, upholding the firing of Coats, saying that there is no employment protection for people who use marijuana. In a split decision issued on Thursday, the court said marijuana use is still barred by the federal government, even though state-licensed marijuana use has been approved by voters and is considered lawful. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
