Question about getting into a police academy?

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I have a friend who wants to try to become a police officer once he graduates from college. He'll be getting a bachelor degree in Psychology and a minor in Criminal Justice. He's in the top 5 of his class and has had a 4.0 steadily through the 4 years he's been there. HOWEVER!!! He's telling me there's some sort of lie detector test you have to take and worries about it because at one point in his life he smoked put and fears it'll prevent him from getting the job because he's done it before. He doesn't anymore and hasn't for sometime, I'm sure he'd take a drug test to prove it. I just want to know if this would actually effect him from getting the job or not....any input helps.put=pot hahaha
 
A lot of police officers have tried marijuana at some time. It does not disqualify you from becoming a police officer. Especially if he is clean now and it's been a while, he just needs to tell the truth about the previous drug use. He'll be fine.
 
NO THEY WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM,WHAT THEIR LOOKING FOR IS WHAT TYPE OF PERSONALITY DO YOU HAVE AND HOW YOU WILL HOLD UP IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS!
 
Smoking pot in the past is not an automatic disqualifier. However, lying about it IS a disqualifier.
 
Tell the truth and shouldn't have any problems. Sounds like the good outweighs the bad. They will drug test as well.
 
it should only affect his chances if he lies about having used it and the find out.
 
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