PRINCETON, N.J. — A University employee who is one of the only New Jersey residents with a medical marijuana permit will potentially continue working for the University after a dispute in which he was reportedly told he would have to choose between medicating and his job. He remains on paid leave.
After emailing University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 and other University administrators, as well as meeting with officials from the Office of Human Resources on Sept. 2, the University has agreed to consider the request of Donald DeZarn, a senior operations manager for Butler and Wilson Dining Services to use medical marijuana on campus.
“I apologize for contacting you regarding the current situation I find myself in, but I’m really not sure where else to turn because I have been told that I am no longer allowed to work at Princeton because I am a medical marijuana patient,” DeZarn wrote to Eisgruber on Aug. 22.
University officials decided to consider DeZarn’s request to medicate, he said, and he would be allowed to medicate on campus, pending submission of proper documentation and further discussion by officials from the Office of Human Resources.