{"id":2215737,"date":"2024-04-08T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-lankford-demands-border-patrol-reevaluate-history-of-marijuana-use-for-cbp-recruits\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:58:36","slug":"gop-sen-lankford-demands-border-patrol-reevaluate-history-of-marijuana-use-for-cbp-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-lankford-demands-border-patrol-reevaluate-history-of-marijuana-use-for-cbp-recruits\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Lankford calls for Border Patrol to reconsider past marijuana use by CBP applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-sen-lankford-demands-border-patrol-reevaluate-history-of-marijuana-use-for-cbp-recruits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215737&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator James Lankford (R-OK) recently sent a letter to U.S. Customs and\u200d Border Protection\u2062 requesting\u200c the reversal of a recent marijuana policy for CBP recruits. Lankford urged the reinstatement of\u200b a\u200d two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-whats-in-hr-1-the-gop-legislation-to-counter-bidens-energy-agenda\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s what\u2019s in HR 1, the GOP legislation to counter Biden\u2019s energy agenda\">-year review period<\/a> for marijuana usage among Border\u200c Patrol applicants, criticizing the \u2064current 90-day limit as undermining \u2062the security and integrity of the Border Patrol workforce. Great job summarizing the article about Senator James Lankford&#8217;s letter to \u2063U.S. Customs and Border \u2063Protection regarding the marijuana policy\u200d for CBP recruits. It effectively captures the key points concisely.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-lankford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"James Lankford\">James Lankford<\/a> (R-OK) wrote a letter to U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/customs-and-border-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Customs and Border Protection\">Customs and Border Protection<\/a> on Sunday demanding that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal agency<\/a> reverse a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"marijuana\">marijuana<\/a> policy for CBP recruits. <\/p>\n<p>Lankford asked CBP\u2019s senior official performing the duties of the commissioner, Troy Miller, to \u201crestore the two-year lookback on marijuana usage among Border Patrol recruits,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-sen-security-threat-border-patrols-drug-use-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to a letter obtained by Fox News. The policy currently has a 90-day lookback at marijuana use for recruits and prohibits applicants who have used drugs within that time frame. <\/p>\n<p>The Republican senator claimed in the letter that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">policy change<\/a> \u201cundermines the security and integrity of the Border Patrol workforce and flatly contradicts Border Patrol\u2019s mission to protect our nation against illegal drugs.\u201d The policy change happened within the last few months, according to Lankford\u2019s letter.  <\/p>\n<p>Lankford said CBP blamed the two-year to 90-day policy on the differences in state and federal law regarding the legalization of marijuana. However, Lankford wrote that CBP\u2019s policy change, among other modifications, was made to \u201cincentivize additional recruits.\u201d Because CBP is a federal agency, Lankford wrote it should comply with federal law.  <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the CBP for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Recruits screened in a polygraph test for marijuana use tend to admit to other criminal conduct, CBP briefers told Lankford. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation directly contradicts Border Patrol\u2019s mission and could create concerning security and integrity issues for agents,\u201d Lankford wrote in the letter. \u201cI ask that you rescind this policy and restore the two-year lookback on marijuana usage among Border Patrol recruits.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>So far, 23 states have legalized marijuana for adult recreational use, including Washington, D.C., and two territories, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/civil-and-criminal-justice\/cannabis-overview#:~:text=Twenty%20three%20states%2C%20two%20territories,the%20passage%20of%20SB%201201.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to the National Conference of State Legislatures. <\/p>\n<p>Lankford has a history of taking a strong stance against the drug. Last year, the senator led a bicameral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankford.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/lankford-leads-bicameral-challenge-to-biden-admins-effort-to-remove-marijuanas-schedule-i-drug-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>letter<\/a> asking the Biden administration to remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug. He claimed that the marijuana market in his state of Oklahoma has brought crime, human trafficking, and money laundering.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) urged U.S. Customs and Border Protection to overturn a marijuana policy for CBP recruits. In a letter to Troy Miller, acting CBP commissioner, Lankford requested reinstating a two-year review of marijuana use among Border Patrol applicants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2669,"featured_media":2215738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24039580087054-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24039580087054-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}