The FBI Is Struggling to Hire Hackers Who Don't Smoke Weed (2014)

They have/had the same problem with people with tattoos. Previous story:

http://gizmodo.com/the-fbi-is-struggling-to-hire-hackers-who...

There's definitely still a struggle in certain circles with the idea that many people in security (and other fields) are also members of subcultures that tend to have members that use recreational drugs, have tattoos, piercings, dyed hair, etc. Getting people to work for these agencies instead of the private sector is going to be challenging for a mound of other reasons; the least these agencies should do is rescind some of these bans.

Old : https://hn.algolia.com/?query=fbi weed&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story