Have you ever tried pot?

[marble falls]

22. Admitting it helps. My wife joined CIA in the late 60's, when she was asked if she ...

... "had ever used drugs" said, "No." The interviewer turned off the polygraph and said, "you're in college, there are drugs everywhere - if you used them, be truthful." And she said, "I have never used drugs, drank alcohol, or smoked tobacco."

She became a C-11 while with CIA. Her only bad habit was me. She still has never used drugs or used tobacco. She learned social drinking in CIA. But, I've never seen her past a mild buzz in all our years.

I've smoked pot since high school and I got my 'secret' clearance in the NAVY, never was poly'd or pee tested in my life. She has no problem with my pot use - it is the best pain reliever ever for me. I've used verrrry little of the opiates I've been prescribed. I hate opiates.

Her attitude really changed when our son came back from Iraq with PTSD and had a very rough two years after he got out (four year hitch with an additional year in on "Stop Loss&quot .

He was anti-pot but drinking large with subsequent bad interactions with the local constabulary. When he finally got into VA, a tough haul, one of his councillors rec'd pot.

The difference was night and day and immediate. And now more than eight years later he's doing great.