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‘DOOBIE’ Act looks to ease security clearance restrictions on past marijuana use

Even after recent guidance on marijuana use, some applicants still worry about getting automatically disqualified from a federal job or a security clearance.

Intelligence Community

Blunt truth: No ‘significant changes’ for federal employees if Biden administration reclassifies marijuana

Hiring/Retention

Another attempt to lessen the effect prior marijuana use has on getting a security clearance

Federal Newscast

In this June 20, 2018 photo, marijuana and a pipe used to smoke it are displayed on a mirror in New York. In a law that went into effect on Sunday, May 10, 2020, New York City has barred many employers from making job applicants get tested for marijuana use. Supporters of the testing ban said job-seekers were unfairly being judged on private behavior, rather than professional ability. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Air Force experiments with pot leniency in recruitment

Federal Newscast

The bud of a cannabis plant stands tall at a farm in Chonburi province, eastern Thailand on June 5, 2022. Marijuana cultivation and possession in Thailand was decriminalized as of Thursday, June 9, 2022, like a dream come true for an aging generation of pot smokers who recall the kick the legendary Thai Stick variety delivered. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Senator wants former and possibly current marijuana use to not count against clearance-seekers

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. Top prosecutors in the vast majority of Arizona counties are dropping all existing possession of marijuana cases even before a new voter-approved law eliminating criminal penalties for having small amounts of the drug takes effect when results of the Nov. 3, 2020 election are certified. An Associated Press survey of county attorneys received responses from 13 of 15 elected county attorneys, all of whom said they were either immediately dropping existing cases or in one case pausing prosecutions and planning to drop them when Proposition 207 goes into effect. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Lawmakers want to even out the rules for federal employees and prior cannabis use

Federal Newscast

AP/Molly Riley

House NDAA presses DoD to get serious about sustainment costs

DoD Reporter's Notebook

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file aerial photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The U.S. military wants to expand its use of artificial intelligence in warfare but says it will take care to deploy the technology in accordance with the nation’s values. The Pentagon outlined its first AI strategy on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Marijuana, space and Star Wars: 2019 was wild for the military, here’s what 2020 holds

Defense

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2019 file photo, Alex Premoli makes the first sale to a customer on the opening day of recreational marijuana sales at Theory Wellness in Great Barrington, Mass. New York legislators will be able to look toward their neighboring state, who became the latest state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, for tips on how regulate and tax its use. (Stephanie Zollshan/The Berkshire Eagle via AP, File)

Don’t fear the reefer: Air Force changes pot policy

The Air Force will no longer disqualify recruits for prior marijuana use.

Defense

Vindictive exes, CAC disputes, (Il)legal marijuana: Security clearance questions answered

Lindy Kyzer, senior editor for ClearanceJobs.com, helps you get to the bottom of challenges you and others may have with regards to security clearances.

Commentary

18 charged in nationwide drug ring bust

Suspects have been charged for involvement in a national marijuana ring that recruited college athletes as dealers.

marijuana

‘DOOBIE’ Act looks to ease security clearance restrictions on past marijuana use

Blunt truth: No ‘significant changes’ for federal employees if Biden administration reclassifies marijuana

Another attempt to lessen the effect prior marijuana use has on getting a security clearance

Air Force experiments with pot leniency in recruitment

Senator wants former and possibly current marijuana use to not count against clearance-seekers

Lawmakers want to even out the rules for federal employees and prior cannabis use

House NDAA presses DoD to get serious about sustainment costs

Marijuana, space and Star Wars: 2019 was wild for the military, here’s what 2020 holds

Here’s how to end DoD ‘pot stocks’ debate

Federal employees can still be fired for accidentally eating marijuana edibles

Thank a fed who risks his or her life

Don’t fear the reefer: Air Force changes pot policy

Vindictive exes, CAC disputes, (Il)legal marijuana: Security clearance questions answered

18 charged in nationwide drug ring bust