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08-28-11, 11:45 PM
Hey guys,
I'm applying to police and sheriff's departments and had a question I hope you could answer. I took a bite of a marijuana brownie in 2005 at a friend's house. When filling out my initial background applications for two departments, I mistakenly listed that the brownie contained hashish (I am very naive about drugs and thought that brownies with marijuana were called "hash brownies"). So, recently I talked to my friend who also tried the brownie and is not so naive and he told me that he was 100% sure it was a marijuana brownie.
Now, I have a background interview coming up and my question is: Should I tell the background investigator that I made a mistake on my prior applications and say that the only illegal drug I've tried is marijuana? Or, will this seem like an obvious lie and am I better off just listing hashish and dealing with the consequences? Or, should I just list that I've only tried marijuana and hope that the investigator doesn't see what I've listed on the prior background applications (I've applied to a number of different agencies and maybe it would just get lost in the fold...). Anyways, thanks and any advice would be appreciated.
I'm applying to police and sheriff's departments and had a question I hope you could answer. I took a bite of a marijuana brownie in 2005 at a friend's house. When filling out my initial background applications for two departments, I mistakenly listed that the brownie contained hashish (I am very naive about drugs and thought that brownies with marijuana were called "hash brownies"). So, recently I talked to my friend who also tried the brownie and is not so naive and he told me that he was 100% sure it was a marijuana brownie.
Now, I have a background interview coming up and my question is: Should I tell the background investigator that I made a mistake on my prior applications and say that the only illegal drug I've tried is marijuana? Or, will this seem like an obvious lie and am I better off just listing hashish and dealing with the consequences? Or, should I just list that I've only tried marijuana and hope that the investigator doesn't see what I've listed on the prior background applications (I've applied to a number of different agencies and maybe it would just get lost in the fold...). Anyways, thanks and any advice would be appreciated.