Some of them have

However, “the mod team” is a diverse and fragmented group with many individuals across Reddit

Absolutely. There are definitely still holdouts but it represents a major change.

Some highlights:

• In 2021 the Director of National Intelligence issued a memo clarifying that past, or even current, marijuana use is not determinative in issuing security clearances. It may be considered a sign that someone would break protocol but that approvers should use a “whole person approach”. She said in a later interview, “We recognize, frankly, that many states have legalized or decriminalized marijuana use and wanted to be sure that we’re not disqualifying people solely for that purpose in that context.”

• Late 2022, the Biden administration requested that the scheduling of Marijuana be reviewed with the presumptive result it will be reclassified as no longer Schedule 1

• Early 2022 the house of reps voted through a bill officially legalizing recreational marijuana at the federal level. It lost by a few votes in the senate. It received bipartisan support.

• Late 2022, the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee voted through a proposal explicitly prohibiting federal agencies from denying security clearances over marijuana alone. It was later squashed by a couple old guard GOP senators.

That has been gradually changing because it’s quickly becoming obvious that the majority of the republican voter base is pro-legalization and that the states that legalized recreation marijuana have seen mostly positive effects.

Meanwhile, the current stance on marijuana is making it more difficult to recruit for national security and defense related positions.