Benzodiazepine Misuse

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 18-00598 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 36-year-old software engineer seeking a security clearance for the first time. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing concerns under Guid…
• ISCR 23-00430 granted · 2023
  The applicant in this case was a 29-year-old systems engineer who had previously served in the Army National Guard and held a security clearance. The adjudicative guidelines at issue were H (drug invo…
• ISCR 18-01212 denied · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 45-year-old individual employed as a senior systems administrator for various defense contractors since 1996, holding a Department of Defense (DOD) security clearance …
• ISCR 18-02856 denied · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 23-year-old man who sought a security clearance for a position with a defense contractor. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security…

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Related issues under Guideline H

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• Drug Distribution / Dealing · 513 cases
• Stated Intent to Use Again · 494 cases
• Drug Test Failure · 368 cases