Can past drug use ruin your chance at a top secret clearance?

Question by Big E: Can past drug use ruin your chance at a top secret clearance?
Well….between the ages of 13 and 17 i was involved with habitual drug use, i experimented with almost any drug i could get my hands on. i smoked pot on a daily basis. or whenever i could. i did ecstasy several times. cocaine a few times. meth once, acid like two or three times.xnanex, never did crack or heroin. this was a dark part in my life,before my 18th birthday i started to realize what i was doing to myself and stopped hard drug use.shortly after i turned 18 i quit smoking pot, with a few hiccups here and there it was a total turn around i mean it was maybe once or twice a year,the last time i smoked pot was about 5-8 months before i joined the army. now im trying to reenlist for a new job and i need a ts. i have a secret already will this help? have anyone of you been through the interview process? the drug use was Extreme i know but, drugs and alcohol were a normal thing around my family, my teenage years wasn’t the norm but that was a long and difficult time ago. i never got into trouble with the law, i always kept my hed low. i was a troubled teen down the wrong path i changed my life around for the better im a soldier now i have a wife and a baby girl on the way. do they account this stuff? or does it automatically deni me right off the bat. any help would be awesome, and greatly appreciated!!!! thanks again!!

Best answer:

Answer by cod
just mention it, but tell how you changed. this shouldnt dampen your chances. just dont be 100% truthful on the amount of times and kinds of drugs you did theyll think your jim morrison reincarnated.

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