# Why Can’t I Use Marijuana and Have a Clearance?

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-marijuana-and-have-a-clearance/5242>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE NEWS\
**Created:** [November 8, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-marijuana-and-have-a-clearance/5242 "2018-11-08T17:49:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-marijuana-and-have-a-clearance/5242/1 "2018-11-08T17:49:38Z")

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Originally published at: [https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/why-cant-i-use-marijuana-and-have-a-clearance/](https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/why-cant-i-use-marijuana-and-have-a-clearance/)  
   
A DoD contractor was denied eligibility for a security clearance by the DoD CAF due to concerns about her extensive history of marijuana use, falsification of her security questionnaire, and a number of delinquent student loans. The Statement of Reasons (SOR) identifying the concerns alleged the following: – Eight delinquent student loans totaling about $30,000 (and…

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**Author:** ![EdFarmerIII](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/edfarmeriii/32/122_2.png) [@EdFarmerIII](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/EdFarmerIII)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-marijuana-and-have-a-clearance/5242/2 "2018-11-08T18:51:41Z")

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Yeah . . . This likely had little to do with the drug use and everything to do with not being smart enough to hold a clearance.

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**Author:** ![ipsecmerlin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/ipsecmerlin/32/653_2.png) [@ipsecmerlin](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/ipsecmerlin)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-marijuana-and-have-a-clearance/5242/3 "2018-11-08T20:37:19Z")

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I think her drug use is what clouded her mind up and this is why she responded the way she did.

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**Author:** ![amberbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@amberbunny](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/amberbunny)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/why-can-t-i-use-marijuana-and-have-a-clearance/5242/4 "2018-11-09T20:51:57Z")

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Recent tests show stopping the use of MJ seems to restore cognition. She must have missed the article. A $5.00 monthly payback…wonder if my mortgage company would accept that?