Drug Use After Clearance Granted

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 24-00128 granted · 2024
  The applicant in this case was a 52-year-old U.S. citizen who had worked for a defense contractor since 2005 and held a security clearance since 2016. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA)…
• ISCR 24-02211 granted · 2025
  The applicant in this case was a 42-year-old defense contractor who sought a security clearance after submitting his Electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) on April 13, 2023. T…
• ISCR 19-00821 denied · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 39-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security concerns un…
• ISCR 19-01741 denied · 2020
  The applicant in this case was a 32-year-old functions specialist employed by a defense contractor, seeking to maintain his security clearance. The Department of Defense (DOD) raised security concerns…

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Related issues under Guideline H

• Marijuana · 3,176 cases
• Unspecified Drug Involvement · 1,570 cases
• Cocaine · 709 cases
• Drug Distribution / Dealing · 513 cases
• Stated Intent to Use Again · 494 cases
• Drug Test Failure · 368 cases