Cop forced out of NYPD over medical marijuana prescription, lawsuit claimsPosted by On

An NYPD officer with a slew of health issues was forced into early retirement because the department wouldn’t let him use medically prescribed marijuana to combat his chronic pain, new court papers allege.

Robert Cascalenda, who joined the force in 2008, says that he has a birth defect that makes him prone to getting pancreatitis when he takes prescription drugs.

But he ended up on painkillers Percocet, OxyContin, Hydrocodone, Tramadol and Morphine over the years to treat injuries suffered on and off the job — and because of conditions including Lyme Disease and fibromyalgia, his Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit explains.

Starting in 2016, the 37-year-old Staten Island man began having pancreatitis flare ups and he was diagnosed with depression in 2017 which landed him on restricted duty a year later, the court papers say.

Two doctors told him he needed to ween off the prescription pills because they could kill him, recommending marijuana to help cope with his pain…

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