Smoked weed during Secret Clearance

SECURITY CLEARANCE Q&A
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Got my clearance in 2020, have been smoking weed during this clearance on and off (in stints of weekly usage in periods of 2 - 4 months then I would stop)

I haven’t smoked in the past year and afraid of what would happen if I get bumped to an TS/SCI with Poly and during reinvestigation.

Am I totally screwed? Are there any victory stories of people in similar positions who have disclosed all their info and gotten their clearance?

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There is a chance you will be ok, but it gets smaller every day you don’t tell them. Just be honest and never do it again

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What do you mean every day I dont tell them? Should I tell them now?

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Every day that passes between the incident and you reporting it, it gets worse. Absolutely tell them now

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