“The bottom line is that of the hundreds of people hired, only five who started working at the White House are no longer employed as a result of this policy,” she wrote in a statement. two-part message on Twitter.
Several staff members told the point of sale that the action was in violation of the Biden government’s promise that the drug – of which a growing number of states and Washington, legalized the use of adults – would not automatically withdraw staff members to the White House does not work.
Psaki stressed the shift in her statement. “As a result, more people will serve those who have not been with the same level of recent drug use in the past,” she wrote.
Her statement in particular did not address how many people were put to the test or received other sanctions in the workplace after admitting to using marijuana, as reported by the Daily Beast.
Although cannabis has become legal in more than a dozen states and social acceptance has been increasing for decades, drug use remains prohibited by federal law, and a number of agencies have rules prohibiting potential staff members from obtaining security clearances required for certain positions if they have used the drug within a certain period of time.
The issue is a thorny issue for a Democratic government, as the legalization of cannabis has become a master plan of the party’s platform, even among moderates. The places where the drug was legally used for adults also overlap with the place where prospective applicants live, or especially from Washington, DC, itself.
Virginia also passed legislation in late February to legalize the use of marijuana for adults, although key components of the law would only come into effect in 2024.