White House says ‘extra factors’ for five workers losing their jobs as well as just marijuana use after wild backlash
- Marijuana has become a delicate issue for the administration of President Joe Biden as 15 states and Washington, DC, allow recreational use
- Media secretary Jen Psaki said five employees were fired
- Administration has tried not to penalize potential employees for legal behavior in their communities by developing a more flexible policy, she said.
- Hundreds of assistants in the 2-month Biden administration have cleared the suitability review by professional staff handling security issues
- The White House has said there can be a number of factors for redundancy, including the use of hard drugs
- Marijuana’s policy has been less stringent under Biden’s administration, allowing up to 15 previous uses in a year among White House staff
Five White House employees have been fired for their past drug use, including marijuana, media secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
Marijuana has become a delicate issue for the administration of President Joe Biden as 15 states and Washington, DC, allow recreational use, despite a federal ban.
The administration has tried not to penalize potential employees for legal behavior in their communities by developing a more flexible policy, Psaki said in a statement to the Associated Press.
‘In an effort to ensure that more people have the opportunity to serve the public, we have worked in co-ordination with the security service to ensure that more people have the opportunity to serve what they had before with the same level of recent drug use, ‘Psaki said.
The Biden administration has tried not to penalize potential employees for legal behavior in their communities by developing a more flexible policy, media secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement
‘While we cannot get into individual cases, there were additional issues in many cases for the small number of people who were terminated.’
She tweeted: ‘This is the bottom line: of the hundreds of people employed, only five who started working at the White House are not hired as a result of the this policy. ‘
The Daily Beast website reported the shootings Thursday night. The movement has received harsh criticism from people across the political spectrum.
Media secretary Jen Psaki said in a tweet: ‘This is the bottom line: of the hundreds of people employed, only five who have started working at the White House are not employed more as a result of this policy. ‘
Marijuana has become a sensitive issue for the administration of President Joe Biden as 15 states and Washington, DC, allow recreational use, despite a federal ban
Hundreds of supporters in the two-month-old Biden administration have cleared the suitability check by professional staff handling security issues. The White House has said there can be a number of factors to dismissing it, including the use of hard drugs. The marijuana policy has not been as strict under Biden administration, allowing up to 15 previous uses in a year among White House staff.
The federal government in general has also been a little more silly, with the Office of Personnel Management releasing a memo that says an inappropriate person should not be seen simply because of marijuana use at the time. gone. Extreme misuse and the nature of the situation will also be factors in judging new shelters.
Security and suitability reviews have been an issue for previous administrations. At least 25 denials of permission were leveled against the administration of President Donald Trump, in which people opposed the disqualification due to foreign influence, conflicts of interest, personal conduct, problems finance, drug use and criminal behavior.
Despite Psaki’s statement on the method, Vice President Kamala Harris’s comments about smoking marijuana were widely noted.
Despite Psaki ‘s statement on the method, it is difficult to disregard Vice President Kamala Harris’ s own views on marijuana.
‘I have [smoked marijuana]. And I breathed. I inhaled, ’Harris said in her 2019 interview with the Breakfast Club about her college days.
‘I think it makes a lot of people happy. And we need more joy in the world. ‘
According to Fox News, Harris supported Cory Booker’s Marijuana Justice Act, which would have legalized marijuana at the federal level.
The bill was introduced in the Senate and went to the Judiciary Committee, but did not go any further.