[zeaal]

And then there is the kid that made some mistakes as a teen, has gotten himself on the straight and narrow, clean and sober and truly wanted to serve his country. Took the ASVAB, scored in the 99 percentile. Then had to answer the questionnaire. Told the recruiter that he had done some drugs in his youth and the recruiter told him to lie on the questionnaire that he had not done those things. So, the kid refuses to lie to get in and the Army lost an outstanding young man.

[DuckFan4ever]

Past drug use isn't an automatic disqualifier. At least it wasn't when I enlisted. They wanted disclosure and an understanding that there would be no further use. I hadn't used at all so it wasn't an issue for me. One guy I enlisted with claimed to have used marijuana several hundred times and had to get a waiver from someone higher up the command chain.

[Wristpin]

That's just thing thing here...by the time they exclude the drug users, the criminal record holders, the ritalin kids, the obese, the tatooed, and the low test scorers, only about 30 percent of the population is even eligible.

[Myrddin]

Is is always bad advice to lie on a form like that. Especially if you are seeking a security clearance. The investigators will find out that you lied and you'll never get cleared.