I was arrested for a minor marijuana (minor misdemenor) charge on my 19th birthday (7 years ago) at my undergradute university. The charge was lessened to "disorderly conduct" and then EXPUNGED a year later. Now I am graduating with a masters degree, have kept a clean record, and am applying for competitive jobs.
Even though my record is "clean", I have decided that I will disclose the arrest on job appications, for the sake of honesty, but I'd much rather stick to 'disorderly conduct' as opposed to "possession of marijuana".
Since I was arrested for possession, but charged with DC, can the employer somehow review the arrest record? The jobs I am applying for require a pre-employment drug screening (which I can pass) and I dont want my application to be discarded because I have a "drug" arrest, but not a "drug" charge.
As a side note, my ability to get federal student financial aid was unafffected by the arrest, meaning it is NOT a "drug charge"
2007-04-18
04:02:00
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