White House staffers asked to resign or work remotely after revealing past marijuana use.

[GromsDad]

White House staffers asked to resign or work remotely after revealing past marijuana use

White House staffers asked to resign after revealing past marijuana use

Several White House staffers were asked to resign, were suspended or are working remotely after revealing past marijuana use during their background checks, sources familiar with the situation tell CNN.

www.cnn.com

 

[mundus]

Just normal Government idiocy.

 

[StuAzole]

“Five people are no longer employed at the White House, while additional staffers are working remotely. In many of the cases involving staffers who are no longer employed, additional security factors were in play, including for some hard drug use, the official said.”

 

[kidfury]

free cnn story

 

[Kento]

Was one of them Kamala Harris?

 

[$kully]

Dumb. The white house policy and this post.

 

[hal9000]

Coming from a guy who lives in a dry town.

 

[GromsDad]

Coming from a guy who lives in a dry town.

I'm just laughing at the democrats over this.

 

[StuAzole]

I'm just laughing at the democrats over this.

Why?

If Biden doesn't want people who have a history of hard drug use or had other issues, more power to him. Didn't we all get enough of that with Don Jr?

 

[test_article]

That means there are still lots of former potheads working in the White House...with Top Secret clearance.

Kool, I hope.

 

[StuAzole]

Threads are hard to follow these days.

On one hand, people with some level of drugs in their system are ok to kill if you're a cop.

On the other hand, people with prior heavy drug use shouldn't be removed from their roles in the White House.

 

[kidfury]

What's wrong with working remotely?

"The White House underscored on Friday that it has eased some restrictions in its security clearance policy to be more lenient about employing individuals with a history of drug use."

 

[moby]

Oh to be a writer for SNL this week.

Does this mean that if Joe had had his way he would have made Barack work remotely?

 

[ElOgro]

This background check for people that work at the White House, new under this administration? Never been an issue before?

 

[2surf]

Biden and Cannabis? The guy already acts like he's stoned. And his VP chuckle talks every time you ask her a serious question. This is going to be an interesting 4 years.

 

[Autoprax]

Policy and appointees.

Don't get sidetracked, grandpa Joe.

 

[enframed]

Stupid policy. The feds need to play catch up here.

 

[StuAzole]

Stupid policy. The feds need to play catch up here.

It said most also had other security and/or hard drug use issues. There’s nothing wrong with that policy.

 

[enframed]

It said most also had other security and/or hard drug use issues. There’s nothing wrong with that policy.

The whole thing is vague, unfortunately. It's not clear what the exact questions were. "Have you ever used cocaine?" I mean Jesus just about everyone working on Wall Street in the 80s or 90s used cocaine.

I doubt anyone admits to current "issues" with hard drugs, though I can understand why people who admitted to say recent use of heroin might not get the job.

People are just going to lie about it now. Whatever.

"Two sources said it was suggested to some during the presidential transition period that previous marijuana use might not disqualify individuals from serving in the White House. One source said the marijuana policy was not made clear to staffers before filling out their questionnaires."

The feds still need to catch up with the states on the marijuana thing.

 

[StuAzole]

The whole thing is vague, unfortunately. It's not clear what the exact questions were. "Have you ever used cocaine?" I mean Jesus just about everyone working on Wall Street in the 80s or 90s used cocaine.

I doubt anyone admits to current "issues" with hard drugs, though I can understand why people who admitted to say recent use of heroin might not get the job.

People are just going to lie about it now. Whatever.

"Two sources said it was suggested to some during the presidential transition period that previous marijuana use might not disqualify individuals from serving in the White House. One source said the marijuana policy was not made clear to staffers before filling out their questionnaires."

The feds still need to catch up with the states on the marijuana thing.

I get it, but you need to know your audience too. It’s not a surprise that Biden might have a less-than-current policy on drugs. but I’ve done background check interviews and drug use is always on there.