By Steve Neavling
Former pot smokers are now eligible to become FBI agents – as long as they haven’t used cannabis more than 24 times as an adult.
That’s according to a recently revised policy for would-be agents, first reported by Marijuana Moment.
The FBI began taking a more tolerant approach to marijuana use among would-be agents earlier this year. Under a policy revised in June, job applicants were qualified to become agents if they haven’t consumed cannabis for at least one year.
The bureau revised the policy again in the past month, this time limiting eligibility to applicants who have not used cannabis more than 24 times.
It’s one clear why the bureau draws the line at two dozen.
The updated policy says that 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.”
In 2014, then-FBI Director James Comey mentioned a less restrictive employment policy for former marijuana users.
“I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cyber criminals and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview,” Comey said at the time.
