Bipartisan bill would allow people who consumed marijuana to gain federal employment

 Bipartisan bill would allow people who consumed marijuana to gain federal employment

A new bipartisan bill introduced in the House would not allow a person to be denied employment as a federal worker solely on the basis of cannabis use.

Recreational cannabis has been legalized in more than 20 states and Washington, D.C., and there is now a bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill to change a law that limits federal hiring by automatically …