# Recent grad here. Is my drug usage too recent (17 months ago) for a security clearance? How detailed should I be?

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**Created:** [March 4, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/recent-grad-here-is-my-drug-usage-too-recent-17-months-ago-for-a-security-clearance-how-detailed-should-i-be/1087 "2017-03-04T00:47:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/recent-grad-here-is-my-drug-usage-too-recent-17-months-ago-for-a-security-clearance-how-detailed-should-i-be/1087/20 "2017-03-12T23:07:44Z")

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Thanks for the response @willam-henderson @amberbunny. I just read some stuff on [http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/doha/industrial/2016.html](http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/doha/industrial/2016.html) . The articles with people with prior drug use who were granted a security clearance were first issued an SOR before they got the clearance. Am I missing something here? Some people had less MJ usage than I did… Now I’m starting to freak out.

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