When the SF-86 asks: “In the past 7 years, have you intentionally engaged in the misuse of prescription drugs, regardless if the drugs were prescribed to you or someone else?”
I’m in college and I was prescribed adderall for ADHD/focusing. I gave 5 doses to a close friend who has previously taken adderall, is aware of the drug, is diagnosed with ADHD and was currently on the process of getting an adderall prescription. It happened 2 months before I got my CJO email, and it was a one time thing.
The SF-86 question is focused solely on your personal use or misuse of prescription drugs, rather than any other disposition such as giving them away or selling them. Your instincts are sound though, because such redistribution of prescription drugs is something an investigator might want to take a closer look at if there are other issues that make it relevant. Be prepared to divulge it later, but my advice is that it’s unnecessary to do so now because it’s beyond the scope of the question.
In the last seven (7) years, have you been involved in the illegal purchase, manufacture, cultivation, trafficking, production, transfer, shipping, receiving, handling or sale of any drug or controlled substance?
You just answered your own question. “…transfer, shipping, receiving, handling…”
That sounds a lot like distribution of a controlled substance. Even if you’re not selling it for money. What you do about it is up to you. Do you trust your friend to not say anything?
I do, I would not give out adderall to anyone, I only gave it to him since he had prior experience with it and is diagnosed ADHD getting an adderall prescription. Yes I acknowledge it is wrong but I made a sound decision. I never sold it to students, never openly gave it out to anyone.
Yes this is required to be listed. The medication was prescribed to YOU for YOUR use therefore by giving them to someone else you MISUSED the medication. Also, you are not authorized to distribute medication so giving it to someone else was illegal.
No you must divulge it. If it comes out on poly…trouble and you falsified an SF86. Hiding the transfer…is a different situation altogether because you are willing to falsify clearance paperwork. How old were you? How long ago was this? You could make an argument you were young, dumb stupid. And…if you asked your friend for a copy of his RX…it would support your story. If that part was just a story…don’t go there. And no more sharing
Your event definitely does not meet the “spirit” of what this question is trying to determine. Firstly, you need to forget this event and never bring it up in your memory again. Normal people forget these events and just answer “no”. You have a sense of character ethics and integrity. But, because you asked this question and it weighs on your mind it’s definitely going to cause you grief. Especially if you are asked to take a polygraph. The fact that you brought it up is going to cause doubt and suspicion in your background. It’s going to cause an investigator, reviewer, adjudicator to question your answers and perhaps start to believe you were dealing/selling adderall during college. You are probably too honest and ethical to hold a clearance in this administration.
So I gave him my adderall like 2 months before I got my CJO. I’m 21 years old in college. Thing is he just got an adderall prescription like last week and is diagnosed adhd. When I gave him the adderall he was already working on getting the prescription.
Also my bad I thought divulge meant to make the info more private rather than telling them.
Yes I will divulge it ofc
Be open, make clear you now understand it was foolish but removing yourself from this situation, graduating to grown up life…changes perspective. Getting a statement and copy of RX from friend can support your story. Ifvthey werre a true friend they would help.
The clearance process itself is a bureaucratic government process ever changing and influenced by the political whims of every administration. So, you could argue every comment/question on this forum is political.
I would not recommend asking for or carrying around a copy of someone else’s prescription. (particularly if they aren’t your immediate family member). It’s someone else’s personal private medical information.
If that person willingly gives you this material because they realize the national security implications against you, because you gave them meds…when they did in fact have a pending RX…it isnt a compromise of anything. You as an individual can freely share your PII with anyone you want. Now, the question is…was/is there an RX pending/lapsed/renewed? It doesn’t excuse the violation. But it definitely can help mitigate the issue. Combine that with "knowing what I know now, would I do it again? Absolutely not as I recognize the error of my decision, the potential for abuse, and I understand my purely well intentioned act…can be viewed in many negative fashions."etc. Now he could also provide contact info for investigator to scope further validating/mitigating event. Having cleared dozens of “fresh out of college and college life” people I am very familiar with this and similar behaviors at certain ages, periods in life. And I know how to advise applicants on building strong, credible, truthful mitigations. If it is true, they need go all out to prove that point. If it is a convenient potential explanation used to attemp justification of non legal behavior? I advise against having recipients help to prove, as they may reveal more drug use, habits etc.
I think having a copy of someone else’s prescription on you can appear a bit suspicious or improper to law enforcement. Requesting/receiving this information from another person, can also open you up to litigation from that person. They may willingly give it to you but they may change their mind about it later and may not agree with whom you share this information. I don’t feel any attorney would ever advise anyone to give a copy of their prescription to any non relative to “help” them out.
Disagree. If they write a statement, sign it in support of your BI…it isnt an LE concern. It is verifying the persons story. Now, a signed statement, willingness to be interviewed and they show RX…which if they wrote the statement…they are clearly supporting and willing…no crime committed.
Now, is the story legit? Maybe. Or it is conveniently what the person who asked for the meds said was true? Or maybe the applicant. Knowing you face a poly…anything you can produce proving veracity of your claim is a plus.
In short one can go about this stupidly, like walking around with another persons RX…or smartly with sworn statements clearly supporting the claim. Either way he did a no-no, but age, college, removing said person or haunts from your life? Legit mitigation.
The clearance process itself is a bureaucratic government process ever changing and influenced by the political whims of every administration. So, you could argue every comment/question on this forum is political.