Hello, I am a freshman in college and am working towards my Law Enforcement major. I have experimented with marijuana 3 times, but only 3 times and dont plan on ever doing that again. In the future when I'm being interviewed for a job as a police officer, when I get a lie detector test and they ask me if I have smoked pot before and I say yes, will this kill my chances of getting a job? It was only 3 times and never again. thanks!
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Hello, I am a freshman in college and am working towards my Law Enforcement major. I have experimented with marijuana 3 times, but only 3 times and dont plan on ever doing that again. In the future when I'm being interviewed for a job as a police officer, when I get a lie detector test and they ask me if I have smoked pot before and I say yes, will this kill my chances of getting a job? It was only 3 times and never again. thanks!
Only if the polygraph is the first time you admit to using marijuana 3 times (i.e. omitted it in your background questionnaire). Use of marijuana 3 times would likely be accepted as experimentation, and assuming it is a few years in your past during your adolescence (which is the case in what you wrote above), it will likely not be a disqualifier, just don't use it anymore (or any illegal drugs, including prescription drugs not prescribed to you) if you are serious about becoming a cop.
It was actually in the last month. I will NEVER do it again though. And no, I have never taken a drug that wasn't prescribed to me. I have drank alcohol, but I don't know if that matters? I am serious about becoming a Law Enforcement Officer.
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It was actually in the last month.
Are you planning on applying today, or when you graduate college? If the latter, I suspect it will be several years between your last usage if you don't do it any more.
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I have drank alcohol, but I don't know if that matters?
Drinking alcohol when you are 21 is perfectly legal (assuming it doesn't also include drunk driving and other alcohol-related crimes). If you've made up your mind that you want to be a cop, why continue to break the law (ex: underage drinking)? If you know that enforcing the law is what you want to do someday, shouldn't you try to live a responsible lifestyle?
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im at a college university, underage drinking just happens. I'm smart though and barely do it. Ive been at a house that got raided and got lucky and blew 0s because it took them so long to breathalyze every because there were over 100 people there. So in the end, yes I should be fine? It was only 3 times, never again. And I will probably start looking for a job somewhere between age 21-22. And I will have a 4 year degree, hopefully a minor in homeland security because they offer it here. Thank you for all of the feedback everyone
Homeland Security won't help you get a cop job if you have demonstrated a disregard for the law. Quit doing criminal acts. Doesn't matter if you're "caught" or not.
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It was actually in the last month. I will NEVER do it again though. And no, I have never taken a drug that wasn't prescribed to me. I have drank alcohol, but I don't know if that matters? I am serious about becoming a Law Enforcement Officer.
You're serious about being a cop, but this month you made a conscious decision to commit a crime. Now you come here looking for salvation?
Smoking dope a few times doesn't concern me nearly as much as your inability to make rational decisions. That goes beyond stupid, Kid. I don't think I would want to depend on you in a pressure situation.
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You just gotta realize he is hard of hearing and cranky, and try to speak up more clearly next time and make it perfectly clear what you were saying so there is no misinterpretation. You gotta try not to get mad at the old guy, recognizing the issue at hand.
So it was long ago, when you was a small uneducated kid, that drank beer on the floor and smoked pot in the rest room?
When did you get the great idea to become a LEO? After your last pot flash?
If it was earlier and you had the decision that smoking pot will be one step on your way to LE, than you're wrong.
Why in heavens name all pot users in the USA will become police officers. What is wrong with the US stuff the kids smoke. What is inside of your MJ?
Here in Europe we must have other MJ - OK it is mainly from Netherlands, Morocco and Afghanistan
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Why in heavens name all pot users in the USA will become police officers. That's what I'd like to know! What is wrong with the US stuff the kids smoke. What is inside of your MJ? Tetrahydrocannibinol, I believe...
Here in Europe we must have other MJ - OK it is mainly from Netherlands, Morocco and Afghanistan You're trying to say yours is purer?
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im at a college university, underage drinking just happens.
Yes, underage drinking does happen. But part of being growed up is making the intelligent decisions. Just because you're in college doesn't mean you have to drink. No one forces the alcohol down your throat. If you want to become an LEO try to start making the smart decisions now. They only get harder.
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I'm not sure that it's only the THC that makes your youth become cops. There must be something more in it.
And, that our MJ doesn't come from Mexico or Humboldt County California don't means that it is purer and cleaner. But there isn't the "I'll become a LEO" extract in it
Some of the street pushers spray glass particles on the MJ, that makes it heavier and they can sell it for a better price. Also some sprayed some metall (I can't remember the vocabulary of it, kids make soldiers with it) on the MJ, we had some death kids with metal poison after smoking pot here in Europe.
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you guys are totally right. It was a wrong choice I made in my life, and I have to live with that. And after that party got raided, I have never had another sip of alcohol and don't plan on it until I'm 21. We've all made stupid choices in our lives. I just wanted to know if this was going to jeopardize my career in the future. Also, what would be recommended for a minor? I would like to get into homeland security or DEA (haha I know) later in life.
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I'm not sure that it's only the THC that makes your youth become cops. There must be something more in it.
And, that our MJ doesn't come from Mexico or Humboldt County California don't means that it is purer and cleaner. But there isn't the "I'll become a LEO" extract in it
Some of the street pushers spray glass particles on the MJ, that makes it heavier and they can sell it for a better price. Also some sprayed some metall (I can't remember the vocabulary of it, kids make soldiers with it) on the MJ, we had some death kids with metal poison after smoking pot here in Europe.
Would that be lead?
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