BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The Brevard County School Board voted Tuesday to terminate a teacher for using medical marijuana, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.
Though medical marijuana has been legalized in Florida, it remains a “schedule 1” narcotic at the federal level, placing it in the same category as heroin, LSD and methamphetamines. [TRENDING: Missing Fla.
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To meet the federal definition, the district can’t allow teachers to use marijuana, School Board General Counsel Paul Gibbs said.