Three people familiar with the situation told the Daily Beast that while candidates for White House positions were initially told that cannabis would not necessarily be an immediate disqualifier for staff, in keeping with Biden’s promise to decriminalize recreational cannabis, many who applied and were accepted for roles have experienced issues.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted on Friday that the new administration was indeed more lenient than in the past and that of the hundreds of people hired in the administration, only five who had started working at the White House are “no longer employed as a result of this policy.”
As a result, more people will serve who would not have in the past with the same level of recent drug use. The bottom line is this: of the hundreds of people hired, only five people who had started working at the White House are no longer employed as a result of this policy.
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) March 19, 2021
In an effort to ensure that more people have an opportunity to serve the public, we worked in coordination with the security service to ensure that more people have the opportunity to serve…
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Three people familiar with the situation told the Daily Beast that while candidates for White House positions were initially told that cannabis would not necessarily be an immediate disqualifier for staff, in keeping with Biden’s promise to decriminalize recreational cannabis, many who applied and were accepted for roles have experienced issues.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted on Friday that the new administration was indeed more lenient than in the past and that of the hundreds of people hired in the administration, only five who had started working at the White House are “no longer employed as a result of this policy.”
As a result, more people will serve who would not have in the past with the same level of recent drug use. The bottom line is this: of the hundreds of people hired, only five people who had started working at the White House are no longer employed as a result of this policy.
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) March 19, 2021
In an effort to ensure that more people have an opportunity to serve the public, we worked in coordination with the security service to ensure that more people have the opportunity to serve…