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Psaki: 5 White House Staffers Have Been Fired for Past Pot Use

Responding to a Daily Beast report, spox says White House working on an updated policy to “ensure that past marijuana use wouldn’t automatically disqualify staff from serving.”

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has confirmed that five White House staffers have been fired for disclosures of past marijuana use. On Thursday, The Daily Beast reported that dozens of young staffers for the new Biden administration had been suspended, asked to resign, or placed in a remote work program due to prior pot use. In a tweet posted Friday morning, Psaki said the White House was working on an updated policy to “ensure that past marijuana use wouldn’t automatically disqualify staff from serving in the White House.” She added: “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.”