A recently proposed legislation may improve the labor pool for federal employers. The bipartisan law is the Cannabis Users Restoration of Eligibility (CURE) Act, introduced by Reps. Jamie Raskin, Nancy Mace, and Earl Blumenauer.

The CURE Act would restore access to security clearances and federal employment for current and former marijuana users. Furthermore, individuals denied clearance or work due to marijuana may request a new review of their denial. According to the proposal, this review process would encompass anyone dismissed since 2008.

In 2022, the Biden administration reviewed the correlation between past marijuana and work. As a result, the Office of Personnel Management declared that previous use should not prevent individuals from federal work or government jobs. The Biden administration followed this clarification with a blanket pardon. Through this decision, the President pardoned those with simple possession of marijuana under federal law.

He also revealed that the administration would reevaluate how the Controlled Substances Act scheduled marijuana. These intentions reflect the current federal government’s sympathy with those criminalized for marijuana usage. It also aligns with the 38 states and the District of Columbia (DC) that have legalized medical marijuana, of which 23 and DC have decriminalized recreational marijuana and begun regulating it.

It has long been the US government’s policy to deny employment opportunities and security clearance to...

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