Legal or not, employees can be fired for pot use, Colorado Supreme Court rules

The Colorado Supreme Court Monday ruled on a controversial case involving off-duty, legal marijuana use and an employer's right to fire an employee for such use. In the case of Coats v. Dish Network, the court upheld findings of two lower courts, saying that "employees who engage in an activity such as medical marijuana use that is permitted by state law but unlawful under federal law are not protected by the statute." Colorado's highest court heard arguments on the case in September. The decision…