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USA: A Connecticut state worker fired after he was caught smoking marijuana on the job was punished too harshly and should get his job back, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

Gregory Linhoff was fired from his maintenance job at the University of Connecticut Health Centre in Farmington in 2012 after a police officer caught him smoking pot in a state-owned vehicle. He had no previous disciplinary problems since being hired in 1998 and had received favourable job promotions, according to his union. He was arrested, but the charges were later dismissed.