Ethical Dilemmas

INTRODUCTION
1. What is the title of your article and the primary issue in this article?
• My article, “Legal Use of Marijuana Clashes With Job Rules”, focuses on the case of Brandon Coats of Denver, Colorado, who uses medicinal marijuana at night to ease his agonizing muscle spasms. His job is now in jeopardy due to his company’s drug-testing policy.
2. In what publication and when was the article published? What kind of publication is this (e.g., local newspaper)?
• This article was published in the nationally popular newspaper (that also has online access), The New York Times on September 7, 2014.
3. Provide a summary of the article.
• Brandon Coats has been tormented by excruciating muscle spasms since he was paralyzed in a car accident

Furthermore, it prohibits employers from firing, discriminating against, or not hiring candidates because they are medical marijuana users or caregivers. Exceptions include businesses that receive federal funding and are required to drug screen.6
• There is a history of multiple court cases in which the medicinal use of marijuana has not been deemed a valid defense. 12
3. What recent media attention has been given to this GENERAL practice or issue? (Be specific)
• There is currently a “CBD Scandal” in which Medical Marijuana Inc. is suing many businesses for publishing its preliminary lab results, which revealed obvious levels of toxic solvents in the company’s product. This investigation was initiated after multiple complaints from patients of illness after using HempMeds.7
4. What is the incidence or prevalence of the occurrence of this practice or issue locally and/or nationally?
→ I could not find any recent data on “medical marijuana” prevalence in the workplace. “An estimated 6.4 percent, or 7.3 million, of full-time workers reported use of marijuana during the past month.”9 It is not recorded how many of them were medicinal users rather than