DEA-200 Drug Enforcement Administration Pre-Employment Drug Poli

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Drug Enforcement Administration Pre-Employment Drug Policy
Notification and Acknowledgement
Privacy Act Notice
Providing this information is voluntary. Authorities for the collection of this information are found in 5 U.S.C.
Part II (Civil Service Functions and Responsibilities) and Part III (Employees), and E.O. 9397 (Social Security
Number). The principal purposes for which the information will be used are to evaluate your continuation in
the hiring process for employment at the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
and to ensure the accuracy of agency records. The information may be disclosed to employees of the U.S.
Department of Justice who have a need to know the information for the performance of their duties. Failure to
furnish the requested information may result in the withdrawal of your conditional offer of employment at
DEA.
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The DEA is charged with enforcing the Controlled Substance Act (CSA), and therefore carefully evaluates
illegal drug use and abuse during the application process. The use of illegal drugs and drug abuse by job
applicants, TFOs, and contractor personnel offered on DEA contracts is not tolerated, and therefore current and
past illegal drug use and activity must be disclosed. Applicants for a position with the DEA must be completely
candid regarding their past involvement with illegal narcotics, including any use, attempted use,
experimentation, purchases, sales, or other acts. Applicants must also be completely candid regarding their past
involvement with any prescription drugs used in any manner for which they were not medically intended.
Finally, applicants must certify, in writing, that their current personal habits, beliefs, and lifestyle are not in
conflict with DEA’s mission to enforce the CSA and provide a drug-free society.
The application of DEA’s Pre-Employment Drug Policy, in conjunction with a case-by-case analysis are used by
all entities in the hiring process to help determine whether an applicant’s prior illegal drug use makes them
eligible and/or suitable for DEA employment. A candidate will be found unsuitable for employment and
automatically disqualified if they deliberately misrepresent their drug history in connection with their application
for employment.
All applicants for employment with DEA must complete this form and submit it as part of their employment
application. Carefully read this document in its entirety.

Sec. 1. The below statements provide your acknowledgement of the requirements of the DEA Pre-Employment
Drug Policy (further outlined in Sec. 2) and expectations for DEA job applicants, TFOs, and
contractors. Initial your acknowledgment for each of the following statements:
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I understand that I must provide truthful information to the DEA regarding all information
requested on this form. I understand that I will be questioned and may be polygraphed
(if applicable) regarding the responses I provide on this form. I understand that any
omissions or discrepancies between the information provided, and what is learned during
the hiring process, to include suitability, security and polygraph processes, may preclude
me from further consideration for DEA employment.

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I understand that my responses on this form and any previous responses to the DEA will be
used to determine my continuation in the hiring process. I also understand that my answers
will NOT be used in any criminal proceeding against me. I further understand that my failure
to respond to any questions on this form may result in DEA withdrawing my conditional
offer of employment.
By the words “use,” “attempted use,” “ingestion,” and "experimentation," I understand that
the DEA is asking me to disclose any and all involvement as described with synthetic or
designer drugs, illegal narcotics, or dangerous drugs, to include any act of smoking, ingesting,
tasting, inhaling, injecting, puffing, or otherwise experimenting with a controlled substance or
a substance that I believe to be a controlled substance. This includes all use or ingestion of
marijuana, THC, or other cannabis products, and any prescription medications in a manner for
which they were not medically intended.
I understand the meaning of "public trust" positions, as defined by the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Ch 5.731.106, are those that may involve policy making, major program
responsibility, public safety and health, law enforcement duties, fiduciary responsibilities or
other duties demanding a significant degree of public trust, and positions involving access to
or operation or control of financial records, with a significant risk for causing damage or
realizing personal gain.

DEA Pre-Employment Drug Policy. The statements below provide the DEA Pre-Employment Drug
Policy for all applicants, TFOs, and contractor personnel. The DEA background, security, and
polygraph investigation (if applicable) processes and approvals will gather the detailed information
associated with each statement below, including types of illegal drugs and narcotics used, dates of use,
and circumstances surrounding use if positive use or involvement is provided. Further, it is DEA
policy to review an applicant’s full application package and evaluate the candidate by using the “whole
person” concept to determine whether an applicant’s prior drug use makes them eligible and/or suitable
for employment.
Read the information thoroughly before answering. Initial your acknowledgment of understanding
for each of the following statements:

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I will provide detailed information during the background, security and polygraph
(if applicable) investigations and approval processes associated with each statement below,
including types of illegal drugs and narcotics used, dates of use, and circumstances surrounding
use if positive use or involvement is acknowledged.

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Applicants cannot have used marijuana or cannabis in any form (natural or synthetic)
and in any location (domestic or foreign) within (3) three years preceding the date of their
application for employment, regardless of state or foreign country laws where
this activity may be legal.

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Marijuana or cannabis use before the candidate’s 18th birthday is not an automatic
disqualifier for DEA employment. Adjudicative personnel will evaluate the candidate
by using the “whole person concept.”

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Dronabinol (sold as Marinol, Syndros, or generic equivalents) is the only
pharmaceutical drug containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the Food and Drug
Administration has approved for lawful use with a medical prescription. Applicants cannot
present “medical marijuana cards” or other prescriptions as mitigating factors for marijuana or
cannabis use.

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Applicants who have abused any prescription drug, over-the-counter substance, or
legally obtained substance (e.g., inhalants, solvents, etc.) within three (3) years
preceding the date of application for employment will be found unsuitable and
disqualified. Abuse is defined as the use of illegal drugs, prescriptions or over-thecounter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used or in
excessive amounts. Drug abuse may lead to social, physical, emotional and job-related
problems.

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Applicants cannot have sold, distributed, manufactured, or transported any illegal
drug or controlled substance without legal authorization.

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Applicants cannot have used any illegal drug, other than marijuana, within the seven
(7) years preceding the date of the application for employment.

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Applicants cannot have used anabolic steroids without a prescription from a licensed
practicing physician within seven (7) years preceding the date of the application for
employment.

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Applicants cannot have used or purchased for use, sold, or provided a prescription
drug to someone knowing that person was going to use that drug for something other
than its intended medical purpose.

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Applicants cannot have illegally used or been involved with an illegal drug,
controlled substance, or illegal narcotic while in possession of a security clearance.

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Applicants cannot have illegally used or been involved with an illegal
drug or controlled substance while employed as a law enforcement officer, prosecutor, or
courtroom official, or while in a position of public trust or public safety.

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Applicants cannot have any conflict of interest with personal habits, beliefs, or
lifestyle and the DEA’s mission to enforce the CSA and provide a drug-free society.
society. Examples of conflicts of interest include, but are not limited to: being in a current,

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intimate relationship with a user of illegal narcotics or dangerous drugs; voluntarily living
with a user of illegal narcotics or dangerous drugs; or a person seeking or has obtained state
licensure or permits to cultivate and/or distribute marijuana, THC, and other cannabis
products regardless of state or foreign country laws where this activity may be legal.

I have been truthful in my acknowledgement of the DEA Pre-Employment Drug Policy outlined throughout this
document and understand the requirements for employment.

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