Dear dimas,

Once again, your law enforcement experience is showing.  Some of the best enforcers in the nation do their jobs well because they can think similarly to a criminal.  Does this make them a criminal?  Have they done illegal acts in the past?  The same logic that defends the ends justify the means in the use of polygraphs ("We get confessions and that is good enough for me regardless of a few people found deceptive that MIGHT actually be innocent") would certainly defend previous drug users if their experiences help stop criminals from performing their trade (who better to find a stash during a raid than an ex-user who needed to stash things in the past?).

Teenage life and decisions are part of a person's period of trying to find themselves and many mistakes are only tried once and quickly acknowledged as not being something that one wants to continue doing in life.

The absolutely perfect applicant does not exist.

Regards.