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A moderator of the U.S. government-controlled<\/a> Reddit community r\/borderpatrolapplicant<\/a> writes that as of January 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will no longer ask applicants about drug use during pre-employment polygraph screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moderator Worried_Rooster1612<\/a>, whom AntiPolygraph.org has reason to believe is a federal polygraph operator, wrote<\/a>, among other things, on 2 January 2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new change, as of January 2025, is that CBP will no longer ask applicants about drug use<\/strong> during the poly. Regardless, the entire background investigation is a whole person approach and you should still not leave out drug use on the eQIP. Disclose all drug use within the last 7 years on your eQIP that way you’re not worried about something that doesn’t even matter during your poly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Previously, applicants were questioned about illegal drug use during the pre-test phase<\/a> of the polygraph examination. While no question specifically about illegal drug use was asked during the “in-test” phase, when the subject is hooked up to the polygraph instrument and asked a series of questions, the topic of illegal drug use fell under the catch-all question, “Have you been involved in any serious criminal activity?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To our knowledge, CBP has not publicly announced why its polygraphers are no longer asking questions about illegal drug use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update (26 January 2025):<\/strong> Reddit user Worried_Rooster1612<\/a>, a federal polygraph operator who is cited in this post and who was a moderator of the government-controlled subreddit r\/borderpatrolapplicant<\/a>, has deleted his account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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