New Jersey: Police officer, Mackenzie Reilly, fired August 2023 for positive cannabis test to have fate decided by Civil Service Commission this week

Marijuana Moment reports

Nearly two weeks after a federal judge said he wouldn’t weigh in yet on whether it’s legal for New Jersey cops to use marijuana, the Civil Service Commission is set to decide the fate of another police officer who was terminated for ingesting cannabis.

On Wednesday, the commission is expected to hear the case of Mackenzie Reilly, a Jersey City police officer fired in August 2023 after a drug test showed his urine tested positive for cannabis.

Reilly is one of five Jersey City police officers fighting their terminations for cannabis use and seeking to dismiss a lawsuit Jersey City filed against the state in October that argues the federal ban on cannabis preempts the state law legalizing the substance.

An administrative law judge has recommended the commission reverse Reilly’s termination.

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Case Of New Jersey Police Officer Fired For Marijuana Use Set To Be Taken Up By State Panel This Week

Also read

Jersey City loses another case in battle to stop police officers from using cannabis

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2024/07/jersey-city-loses-another-case-in-battle-to-stop-police-officers-from-using-cannabis.html

Lawyer Representing is

Michael Rubas

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-p-rubas-8b3b1632/