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What are the future consequences of a failed background check?

I am a 32 yr old married mother of one. I just graduated with my MA in Criminal Justice. I was offered a job as a crime analyst, provided I pass their standard background check. I was given a questionnaire about my criminal history (i have none) and drug use. They warned me to be completely honest and I was. I revealed that I had experimented with various drugs in my early to mid twenties. Here's my drug history: ecstacy- one time, mushrooms- one time, pot- a few times, cocaine- a few times. This was enough to get me disqualified for employment at ANY TIME with this organization.

Just wondering if anyone has any advice. These things happened before I even went to graduate school. So, does that mean my degree is worthless?

Update:

Let me clarify- I answered direct questionas about drug use. I didn't lay it out unsolicited. I was told there would be a polygraph after the questionnaire, so I thought I'd better be honest. Also, this was a governmental agency. Will there be a record kept of this failed background check?

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Not worthless, but it will limit your employability in many government agencies.

    EDIT--

    Be careful who's advice you take on this. Many agencies with thorough background checks will check your credit report. This will tell them who ELSE checked your credit report. If you lie and hope they won't find out about the place you told the truth, it's a dangerous gamble.

    Source(s): 8+ years Law Enforcement
  • 5 years ago

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    4 years ago

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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    7 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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    The short answer? No. Contrary to the prior answers, a criminal background check cannot reveal any type of sentencing related to medical issues- unless the crime you were convicted of was relative to that treatment. But for a non-drug crime conviction, they cannot release sentencing information that pertains to your drug treatment, b/c it falls under the jurisdiction of medical privacy. Additionally, you don't even have to inform a potential or current employer that you are on MMT (Methadone Maintenance Treatment). If you are being drug screened as part of a normal, random action required by your job, and you present the lab facilitating the test with a prescription for methadone, they cannot release that to your employer, b/c again, it's protected under medical privacy. Methadone is time released, and contrary to popular belief, does not impair cognitive ability, slow motor function, or produce feelings of “euphoria”. In layman's terms, it won't get you high. You have an obligation to gauge whether or not you are coherent and able to drive or operate machinery, failing to do so and any resulting accidents will lay with you, legally. Bottom line? Methadone is a medication that is prescribed by a Practicing M.D. and everyone is protected under the HIPAA, FEHA and ADA. Many people argue that addiction is not a disease, or not one worth protecting, but the truth is, it is a disease. The long and short of it is that our bodies produce endorphins- natural pain killers- in small amounts, as needed. Opiates- drugs derived from the poppy plant- (heroin, vicodin, Darvon, Oxycontin, morphine, dilaudid, etc.)- when taken, cause an influx of these endorphins. When a person takes opiates on a regular basis, the human body, which is extremely adept at conserving it’s natural resources- recognizes that the person is providing them with more than enough synthetic endorphins through opiates- and the body stops producing it’s small amounts. So when an opiate addict suddenly stops using opiates, the body goes into an endorphin-deficiency, causing the person to become very ill. Methadone is an opioid- a synthetic version of opiates. We don't entirely understand the pharmacology of it, but we do know it binds to the same receptors I the brain that opiates do- thereby easing withdrawal. What catapults it into the disease scenario, is that we ow understand that many opioid addicts sustained permanent impairment of the ability to produce natural opiates (endorphins). There has even been strong evidence that supports the theory that opiate addicts are genetically pre-disposed to addiction, b/c their bodies never produced a sufficient amount of endorphins even prior to their drug use. As such, symptoms of anxiety, physical exhaustion & fatigue, depression and improper production of serotonin existed, and many of these carriers of the “additive gene” were simply trying to self medicate symptoms that could not yet be identified with a cause. Methadone treats the permanent damage imposed by both a predisposition and a sustained level of damage from prolonged use of opiates; and thus does a great deal to demonstrate why long term, maintenance programs have far higher success levels than detoxes, short term suboxone treatment, and residential programs. The hitch to all this though, is that sometimes honesty is the best policy. As someone who struggled with heroin addiction for over a decade, and has been sober even longer- I had arrest records both drug-related, and non-related 9though, as we both know, they're all related in one way or another). I also wet to college, and had a promising future- all of us do, but the consequences of our choices can be very damaging. The question you have to ask yourself, is would rather explain that you're a thief, or that you once struggled with a disease, that you have since beat, but at one time, led you to do something illegal? I work with those in recovery daily- it is never easy. Getting an apartment, a job, a bank account- these are challenges now. Ultimately, I was sick of working rap wages at a job I knew I was overqualified for, so I bit the bullet and pursued my dream. Now I work for myself, as an artisan and a seamstress, selling my art & clothing. One thing I can tell you, is this: I'd hire the addict who admitted their faults, and demonstrated their courage in overcoming them, before I would the thief who offered no explanation. Some jobs won't care either way- and you should prepare yourself for that. But with grit, and determination, you will find one of the ones who will care, and who will respect you. I suspect they'd be much better to work for, over the long run, no?

  • Sean
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    For your next job interview I wouldn't say anything about prior drug use. The background check will probably be run again, but they won't know to contact the organization you were honest with if you don't tell them.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Admitting to doing drugs and admitting to being CONVICTED of doing drugs are two different things.

    Next time, tell them the truth, that you have never been CONVICTED of a drug crime.

    Sheesh lady, I suppose you offered up your sexual history to them as well.

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