{"id":642964,"date":"2023-04-29T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/nypd-cop-claims-he-was-fired-after-hemp-soap-caused-positive-drug-test\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T14:45:00","slug":"nypd-cop-claims-he-was-fired-after-hemp-soap-caused-positive-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/nypd-cop-claims-he-was-fired-after-hemp-soap-caused-positive-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD cop claims he was fired after hemp soap caused positive drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This cop\u2019s bathing ritual has turned into a soap opera. <\/p>\n<p>In a predicament straight out of \u201cSeinfeld,\u201d an NYPD officer claims his organic hemp soap caused him to fail a departmental drug test and ultimately, lose his job.<\/p>\n<p>Like Julia Louis-Dreyfus\u2019 character Elaine Benes on the hit series \u2014 who blamed a poppy seed muffin for causing a positive drug test that cost her job \u2014 Officer Jeremy Jacinto says he was a regular user of Dr. Bronner\u2019s All-One Hemp Almond Pure-Castile bar soap, which includes organic hemp seed oil.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000010321644.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"26819398\" width=\"869\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/NYPICHPDPICT000010321644.jpg?w=869\" alt=\"dr bronner's hemp soap\"  ><\/a><figcaption>The officer wants a court to reverse his termination, claiming there\u2019s nothing illegal about using the hemp soap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In September, Jacinto was called in for an end-of-probation physical and drug test, he said in a Manhattan Supreme Court filing against the city and the NYPD. <\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks later, he was told he failed the drug test and was suspended. <\/p>\n<p>After a brief reinstatement, Jacinto was terminated in December, according to court papers. <\/p>\n<p>He wants the court to overturn the decision, and calls the soap a \u201clegal, over-the-counter healthcare product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city Law Department said it would review the case. <\/p>\n<p>The NYPD declined to comment on the litigation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/29\/nyc-cop-claims-hemp-soap-caused-positive-drug-test\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Kathianne Boniello<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cop\u2019s bathing ritual has turned into a soap opera. In a predicament straight out of \u201cSeinfeld,\u201d an NYPD officer claims his organic hemp soap caused him to fail a departmental drug test and ultimately, lose his job. Like Julia Louis-Dreyfus\u2019 character Elaine Benes on the hit series \u2014 who blamed a poppy seed muffin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":642965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2602,534,422],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-642964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-claims","8":"category-financial","9":"category-fired"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}