Woman inside Buddie the marijuana mascot fired

ResponsibleOhio fired the actress who dressed up as Buddie the marijuana superhero shortly after she expressed safety concerns and suffered an off-the-job foot injury.

Ericka Buford, 26, a single mom who lives in Columbus, said she was dismissed on Oct. 14.

“I wasn’t treated fairly at all. They never gave me a reason behind letting me go. We had had a meeting where I had expressed some concerns, yes, but they informed me that everything would be OK and my job would still be intact, and everything would be fine,” Buford told the Dayton Daily News. “They next thing I know, I get a phone call, and they informed me, ‘We decided to go a different way.’”

Buford said she told her bosses they should consider adding another staffer to the “Green Rush Bus Tour” to provide security in the event that protesters show up to confront them.

She added,...

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