Jersey City cannabis

Jersey City Cops Fight Back Against Mayor's Cannabis Crackdown A new legal push from two Jersey City police officers who were terminated after testing positive for marijuana suggests that a motive behind Mayor Steven Fulop's (D) decision to penalize law enforcement officers for consuming...

The New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police has criticized Jersey City's federal lawsuit challenging a state policy permitting off-duty marijuana use by police officers. “The law of the State of New Jersey and the guidance from the Office of the Attorney General clearly provides that police...

Can police officers consume marijuana off-duty in states where it's legal? While some may assume that the answer is easy and clear, in reality, it is not. Last year Jersey City police officer Omar Polanco was fired for testing positive for THC after a random urine test....

An administrative law judge recently ruled in favor of a police officer who was fired in Jersey City this April after testing positive for marijuana. Norhan Mansour was one of three police officers who were fired over the same issue and who pushed for reinstatement, filing their petitions...