Dear reporters — Yes, smoking weed can result in a clearance denial. No, it’s not automatic. It’s all fact specific. Agencies will afford some leniency for youthful indiscretions, including drug use before a person ever worked in the classified arena. FBI is the worst
Are there any exceptions for medical use, in case of actual illnesses (rather the "Dr. MJ, I hurt my shoulder" type things)? Seems odd to to deny clearance for things that state doctor would legally prescribe in some situations...