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Colonel David P. Shafer, US Army War College FellowCounterterrorism & Public Policy Fellowship
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Legalized Marijuana and Divergent Enlistment Policies
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Agenda
• Legalization Efforts• Impact• Demographics• Policy Examples• Other Agencies• Considerations• Recommendations
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Army Policy
• Zero tolerance for Schedule 1 drugs while serving• Pre-Enlistment
• Previously some experimental marijuana waived• Waivers suspended in 2012• Now evaluated by a medical professional at Military
Entrance Processing Station
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Current State Laws
• 4 Recreational• 9 Medical• 5 Decriminalized• 10 Both Medical &
Decriminalized• 22 Fully Illegal
Source: NORML Drug Policy Alliance
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Projected Ballot Measures for Recreational Use
• 18 States by 2020• All have Medical
and/or Decriminalized
Source: ArcView Market Research
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Impact of changing laws to adolescents
• Recreational• Medical• Decriminalized
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Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Adolescent Perception of Marijuana
• Grades 8, 10, and 12 • Perceived risk is decreasing • Marijuana use is increasing
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Eligible to Serve Fully Eligible12%
Potentially Eligible
17%
Drugs16%
Medical19%
Moral4%
Dependants4%
Obesity21%
Education7%
• 15.4M 17-24 year olds• 1.9M w/ diploma and
test scores • 2.7M potentially
eligible
Source: US Army
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Demographics
Source: US Census Bureau
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Historical Strength
Source: NY Times
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Strength Since 9/11
Source: Quora.com
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Problematic Policies
• Tattoo• Body Fat• Waivers• Recruiter and Applicant Integrity
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Other Federal Agencies
• FBI• DEA• CIA• State Department
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Policy Elements
• Maintain all volunteer force• Provide capacity for growth• Applied evenly• Remain consistent over time • Minimize integrity dilemmas • Fiscally and administratively manageable • Not create barriers to advancement
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Policy Recommendations
• No use for six months prior to enlistment• No indicators of dependency • Eligible for security clearance • No change to post-enlistment policy• No change to drug free workplace• No waivers for other drugs
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Questions
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Colonel David P. Shafer, US Army War College FellowCounterterrorism & Public Policy Fellowship
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Legalized Marijuana and Divergent Enlistment Policies
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Backup Slide – Screening Questions• Have you used marijuana within the last six months?• Have you been arrested for a drug offense?• Have you ever illegally trafficked or sold marijuana?• Have you ever been terminated from a job due to drugs?• Have you ever sought treatment or been referred for
treatment for drug or alcohol dependency? • Are you willing and capable of abstaining from drugs?• Binary question for minors regarding previous use.
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Backup Slide – Adolescent Usage
Source: Child Trends Data Bank
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Backup Slide – Further Research
• Should qualifications for a secret clearance change?• Does a correlation exists between soldiers with
increased pre-enlistment marijuana use and post enlistment misconduct and/or failure to satisfactorily complete their terms of enlistment?
• What are the trends in other areas that disqualify one for enlistment and how will that define the future capacity to grow the military.
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Backup - Assumptions
• Individual states will continue to legalize recreational marijuana and that the federal government will continue to not interfere with marijuana laws in individual states.
• United States desires to maintain an all-volunteer force.
• The ability to significantly increase marketing costs to attract recruits in a competitive environment may not be practicable.