Many marijuana activists were excited to learn earlier this summer that the FBI had made its restrictions on marijuana less strict for would be applicants.
However, the agency has also further stipulated on its policy and now says that applicants are ineligible if they have used marijuana more than 24 times after turning 18.
There was no reason given as to where the number 24 came from.
According to an update on the FBI job eligibility guidance, candidates who “have used marijuana or any of its various forms (e.g., cannabis, hashish (hash), hash oil, or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), synthetic or natural), in any location (domestic or foreign) regardless of the legality in that location of use, more than twenty-four (24) times after turning 18 years old is a disqualifier for FBI employment.”
Marijuana Moment has said earlier this summer that the FBI had updated its hiring policies to make it so candidates are only automatically disqualified from joining the agency if they admit to having used cannabis within one year of applying
Previously it was within three years.
The FBI has also said that prior to one’s 18th birthday is “not a disqualifier for FBI employment.” Instead, “adjudicative personnel will evaluate the candidate by using the ‘whole-person concept.’”
“The FBI is firmly committed to a drug-free society and workplace,” the job site says.
“The FBI balances the needs of the organization and the importance of keeping the public integrity necessary to accomplish its law enforcement and intelligence missions by hiring the most qualified candidates.”
