Reply to post: Re: They don't rely on drug tests for past use

FBI, NSA to hackers: Let us be blunt. Weed need your help. We'll hire you even if you've smoked a little pot in the past

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Re: They don't rely on drug tests for past use

Indeed, and for Top Secret and Cryptoclearnce, they go back a long way. I think it's normally about 10 years for anything "Secret", but I remember getting my clearance they went back something like 20 years but I was 21 at the time.

Disclaimer: That was about 50 years ago and I only had the clearance for 3 years. Even so, they probably still have that file on me.

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