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>If you admit to ever using LSD or psychedelics, even one time, you will be automatically disqualified from serving in the military or law enforcement (go figur
by nebula8804 4y ago
>If you admit to ever using LSD or psychedelics, even one time, you will be automatically disqualified from serving in the military or law enforcement (go figure).
Is this documented anywhere? I have gone on a psilocybin retreat and have considered a career in the air force in the distant future.
- cphoover 4y agoFor 3 letter intelligence agencies I think it was 10 year statute of limitations... This may have changed
- primitivesuave 4y agoAnecdotal from reliable sources, but it sounds like a holistic evaluation. If you’re a strong candidate otherwise, they will overlook drug experiments but not drug addictions.
- more_corn 4y agoYou still need a waiver.
- hotpotamus 4y agoA quick google search says the Air Force's max enlistment age is 39, so I don't know how distant in the future you mean, but it's probably something to be aware of. I'd be curious about some documentation too, but I suspect it's one of those things where a person who enjoys the odd psychedelic now and again is a poor cultural fit for the military, though the Air Force is by all accounts the least militant branch of the military from what I can tell. Certainly my grandfather had a good career there and he was about the least disciplinarian or serious person (personality speaking I mean; he did a good job as an officer and electrical engineer by any account) you'd ever meet. He certainly spoke highly of the Air Force and said on a few occasions that it helped him to meet one of his major life goals; to make more money retired than working.
- yuppie_scum 4y agoJust don’t tell them.
- xiphias2 4y agoPlease don't give advice like this. Everything people publish on hackernews stays online forever and it's not that hard to associate with real people. GPT5 or 6 can just get this data with a simple question in the near future.
- ashwagary 4y agoOtoh if you want to avoid the forever war meat grinder, keep some pictures of yourself at an LSD, mushroom, and weed party on standby.