U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan) introduced legislation to limit federal agencies from using past consumption of marijuana as a factor in hiring or achieving security clearances.

The bill is called the Dismantling Outdated Obstacles and Barriers to Individual Employment Act of 2024 – The DOOBIE Act.

The proposed legislation states that agencies “may not base a suitability determination with respect to an individual solely on the past use of marijuana by the individual.” The bill would also require the Director of National Intelligence to update policies around cannabis and assist other federal agencies in enacting hiring and security clearance protocols that ignore past marijuana consumption as a factor.

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