GOP senator highlights security threat in Border Patrol's weakened drug use standards
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Sen. Lankford called on CBP to rescind its weakened policy on past marijuana use for its Border Patrol recruits.
He charged that the marijuana policy's reduction "undermines the security and integrity of the Border Patrol workforce and flatly contradicts Border Patrol’s mission to protect our nation against illegal drugs."
The current policy of CBP on past drug use bars applicants from having used marijuana "within the 90 days prior to application to work for CBP." It is unclear when this change was implemented. The senator's office indicated the policy shift from two years to 90 days occurred within the past few months.
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