A federal agency is proposing to replace a series of job application forms for prospective workers in a way that would treat past marijuana use much more leniently than under current policy, a draft document obtained by Marijuana Moment shows.
One of the most significant changes concerns the timeline for the cannabis use questions, which would be revised such that a person would only be asked about consumption that occurred within the past 90 days, unless they used while working in a criminal justice, public safety or national security position. In those cases, the forms would ask about use that occurred at any time.
In contrast, the relevant forms that applicants are currently required to fill out ask about any marijuana usage within the past one, five or seven years, depending on the security level of the position they are applying for.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) first announced in a Federal Register notice last week that it was proposing the changes, which are currently open to public comment for a two-month period, partly because of “changing societal norms” amid the state-level legalization movement and to widen the applicant pool for qualified federal workers.
The draft Personnel Vetting Questionnaire
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