# Public Trust and illegal drug use more than a year ago

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/public-trust-and-illegal-drug-use-more-than-a-year-ago/13064>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/public-trust-and-illegal-drug-use-more-than-a-year-ago/13064 "2021-05-04T21:25:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![kbramm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kbramm](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/kbramm)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/public-trust-and-illegal-drug-use-more-than-a-year-ago/13064/1 "2021-05-04T21:25:11Z")

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I wanted to get some input on others regarding whether I would be eligible for MPT.

My last illegal drug use (or even illegal use of a drug) was 19 months ago and was a single day little blip that I regretted almost immediately, and other than that I would have 29+ months clean from illegal drugs. Possession and purchase are both more than 29 months ago.

Also working against me is that on a high public trust application a little less than two years I answered incorrectly that I had not used illegal drugs in the past year (it had only been 9 months, and I was going to have a year soon) and that I had not possessed or purchased them (rationalizing that they were really asking whether I had sold them). I had always planned to come forth about it to the investigators, and I did – I told them everything, but that turned out to be much much later than I thought it would be. In retrospect this was very stupid for me to think that, but I honestly thought it would likely somehow turn out fine. And it actually did appear fine for a long time. My interim had been granted based on the public trust I held previously, and I was there for four and a half months.

Excluding the single time 19 months ago, I used for a span of 21 months total – starting with only on the weekend about every 3 weeks, and ending with a few weeks of almost daily – there is also a 100 day period of sobriety in there where I was attending my first intensive outpatient program.

I wanted to get some input on my situation today. I’ve been aware that even a secret clearance is out of the question, but I have over a year clean now, am taking my recovery seriously. What are my chances of being granted moderate public trust?

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**Author:** ![HARPOON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@HARPOON](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/HARPOON)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/public-trust-and-illegal-drug-use-more-than-a-year-ago/13064/2 "2021-05-04T21:53:12Z")

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Try it and see.

You may have better luck than you think. Or you may have none at all.

Your chances may look better at an agency with non-law enforcement mission. Obviously you will have a tougher time at an agency with a law enforcement mission.