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The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled against a man who was fired when he tested positive for marijuana. The man, who had a valid medical marijuana card and a doctor's recommendation to use marijuana to treat headaches, had filed for unemployment, which has now been denied.

Former Coors employee Paul Curry, fired earlier this year for being a medical marijuana patient--and for testing positive for the drug--has been awarded unemployment, his attorney Rob Corry told The Colorado Independent.

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.

In Montana, only 25 percent of medical marijuana businesses raided earlier this year have re-opened, prompting some patients to turn to street dealers as a safer way to get marijuana, according to MSNBC.

When federal agents led a raid on medical marijuana businesses in Montana last week, questions were raised as to whether these businesses were raided because they were suspected of selling out of the proverbial back door to people without medical marijuana permits--or whether they were raided simply for being medical marijuana businesses.

Rep. Cindy Acree, R-Aurora, said Tuesday, that she will amend a bill that many fear will make edible marijuana products in the state illegal.

DENVER-- A House Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill that seeks to regulate the burgeoning number of Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries Thursday featured strong praise and strong critiques of the proposed law from inside and outside the Old Senate Chamber here. The hearing amounted to a formal exploration of the state's path-breaking pot industry, where existing law and the intent of voters were weighed in light of frank descriptions of how businesses are actually operating on the ground.

Denver Senator Chris Romer's revamped medical marijuana bill has won advocates in the legislature and among people in the industry looking for clear rules that they can depend on as they build their businesses. The bill passed easily through committee with some modification Wednesday, but pot users and advocates see the proposed law as overreaching. They say it attempts to address general and anticipated complaints by unnecessarily stepping on specific voter-approved Constitutional rights through restrictions and fees.

DENVER-- As Gov. Bill Ritter wrapped up his State of the State address inside the capitol Thursday, Colorado's foremost pot attorney, Rob Corry, spoke to a crowd of medical marijuana patients, caregivers and advocates rallying across the street. Corry told the crowd of roughly 200 that he planned to submit a just-drafted patient-centered bill to counter any move on the part of lawmakers this session to pass what he views as pro-law enforcement-pro-government proposals presently under consideration.