The only information that can be ascertained from Ted's comments about drug usage is the fact that he did at one point use drugs.   While I pride myself on having stayed away from any narcotics, many of my close friends have at point used or are still using drugs.  They are not evil, horribly immoral human beings.  They are generally not even rude; if they were, I'd be much less likely to keep their company.

I definitely feel for those of you who have been falsely accused due to polygraph test results, or those of you who are close to someone who has suffered that injustice.  However, no one on this site who can make any reasonable determination about what caliber of police officer Ted is to become.  Why should his comment about drug use be any more valid than his comment about turning over a new leaf?  I think much of the criticism he has received is, at best, undeserved.

Ted, if you truly have changed your ways and adopted a code of honor befitting a police officer, then more power to you in achieving your goals (though you could use a little bit more humility).

-John