The House of Representatives has voted to expand waivers for military recruits who’ve tested positive for marijuana.
The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed on a voice vote on Tuesday as part of an en bloc package, with no debate.
The measure, sponsored by Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Dina Titus (D-NV), co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, acknowledges that the Army and Navy have already “taken positive steps in their work to design and implement a waiver system that permits potential enlistees into the Armed Forces to reapply for enlistment following a positive toxicology test for tetrahydrocannabinol.”
But the amendment calls on the Air Force, Space Force and Marine Corps to follow through, especially “given the ongoing recruitment and retention challenges undermining the Armed Forces readiness goals.”
The measure, which is now part of the NDAA bill pending final House passage, would require those military branches to “develop and implement their own permanent waiver system commensurate with the process employed by the Army and Navy.”
It says that the secretary of defense “shall develop a program through which to provide waivers for potential enlistees into the Armed Forces who were not permitted to enlist following a
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