WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A city employee in West Palm Beach was fired for using medical marijuana despite being authorized to use it for medical reasons.
West Palm Beach fired Jason McCarty, its deputy chief of information technology after a urine test found marijuana in his system — something he told them before the test that they would find.
McCarty, a 50-year-old father of two, has a medical marijuana card that allows him to legally purchase pot from a dispensary and says he smoked a joint the night before he was spot tested to relieve anxiety and insomnia caused by his mother’s serious illness, according to the Palm Beach Post.
McCarty was tested last month after two employees from the city’s risk management department thought he acted suspiciously as he walked past them during lunch, claimed to smell pot near his car and reported him.
McCarty denies smoking pot at work. He had held his job for five years and had a spotless record, but the city has a strict policy against marijuana use, even when used legally and outside working hours. Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a measure legalizing medical marijuana in 2016.
Five other co-workers submitted affidavits saying they had never seen McCarty under the influence, including the day he was reported.
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