Biden administration ousting staffers for pot use
Sorry Joe, you're dead wrong on this and it's past time to f'ing legalize it federally while your policy makers sit and drink their fancy alcoholic happy hour drinks.
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By Bob Brigham
March 18, 2021
Joe Biden's commitment to staff his White House with the best people possible has run head-on into his decades-long support for America's war on drugs.
"Dozens of young White House staffers have been suspended, asked to resign or placed in a remote work program due to past marijuana use, frustrating staffers who were pleased by initial indications from the Biden administration that recreational use of cannabis would not be immediately disqualifying for would-be personnel, according to three people familiar with the situation. The policy has even affected staffers whose marijuana use was exclusive to one of the 14 states—and the District of Columbia—where cannabis is legal," The Daily Beast reported Thursday evening.
"Sources familiar with the matter also said a number of young staffers were either put on probation or canned because they revealed they had used marijuana in the past in an official document they filled out for the position in the Biden White House during a lengthy background check," The Beast reported. "In some cases, staffers were informally told by transition higher-ups ahead of formally joining the administration that they would likely overlook some past marijuana use, only to be asked later to resign.
More at:
https://www.rawstory.com/joe-biden-marijuana/
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This is for shit!!
WHO among us above-the-rock dwellers hasn't at least tried weed?
Someone care to post a poll?
... are all these staffers new hires, or are some Trump holdovers? It would seem that they must have been there, or why would Biden hire them to fire them? Why did Biden do a background check on the new hires, after he hired them? Don't you do a background check first? Also, if they hire (or retain) young workers with no use of Pot in their background, where are they going to find such people?
