Coors has fired Paul Curry because he tested positive for marijuana. That’s not surprising, because he has a medical marijuana permit to use it. While Coors claims that it’s about safety, the political background of the Coors family leads one to suspect that’s not true.

Paul Curry is out of work. His unemployment claim hasn’t yet been ruled on. At least he still has his medical marijuana–of course that’s why MillerCoors fired him.

According to his attorney, Rob Corry, he uses medical marijuana because of two separate conditions. He has nausea as a result of hepatitis C and he has severe back pain because of an injury he suffered while at work–at MillerCoors.

Corry said that when Curry was involved in a minor non-injury accident at work a few months ago, he was tested for marijuana and the test came up positive.

Corry says his client will probably sue MillerCoors for discrimination. The constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana in Colorado states that employers do not have to make any accommodations to the use of medical marijuana while at work but is silent on the subject of use outside of work, according to Corry.

Corry says, however, that it is illegal to discriminate against an employee because of a disability. “This is a clear case of discrimination on the basis of a disability,” he says.

He says Curry had a good employment record with the company, where he had worked for seven years… [emphasis added]