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Employment:
FBI
May
Revise
Hiring
Rules
for
Former
Marijuana
and
Other
Drug
Users
10/14/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/407/fbirules.shtml
The Associated Press reported
Saturday that the FBI is considering loosening its rules about hiring employees
with a history of marijuana use. Under current rules, the FBI cannot
hire anyone who has used marijuana within the past three years or more
than 15 times in their lives. The personnel policy also bans hiring
anyone who has used other illegal drugs in the past 10 years or more than
five times in their lives.
According to AP, some FBI
managers are frustrated that the rules block them from hiring applicants
who admitted to occasional use in college. In some cases, these persons
are already performing top-secret work for other government agencies.
These officials want to loosen
limits on past drug use for applicants for jobs such as intelligence analysts,
linguists, computer specialists, and accountants. The rules would
not be eased for FBI special agents, and the proposal would continue to
ban people who currently use drugs.
"We can't say when or if
this is going to happen, but we are exploring the possibility," spokesman
Stephen Kodak told the AP. The final decision is in the hands of
FBI Director Robert Mueller.
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Issue #407
-- 10/14/05
Editorial:
Why
I'm
Still
an
Optimist
|
Feature:
Former
Lawman's
Coast
to
Coast
Horse
Ride
to
Legalize
Drugs
Concludes
at
Statue
of
Liberty
|
Feature:
Loretta
Nall
Enters
Alabama
Governor's
Race
|
DRCNet
Book
Review:
"Busted:
Drug
War
Survival
Skills
From
the
Buy
to
the
Bust
to
Begging
for
Mercy"
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Central
Asia:
Afghan
President
Publicly
Links
Drug
Trafficking,
Terrorism
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Canadians
Deport
Activist/Patient
Steve
Tuck,
Now
Imprisoned
Without
Medical
Care
by
US
Authorities
|
Marijuana:
Pot
an
Issue
in
Cincinnati
Mayoral
Race
|
Employment:
FBI
May
Revise
Hiring
Rules
for
Former
Marijuana
and
Other
Drug
Users
|
Middle
East:
US
Invasion,
Continuing
Insurgency
Lead
to
Increasing
Drug
Use
in
Iraq
|
Europe:
Study
Calls
Into
Question
France's
Obsession
with
"Drugged
Driving"
|
Europe:
Most
Marijuana
in
United
Kingdom
Now
Home-Grown
By
Socially
Conscious
Users
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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