Ironically, I believe that if the US ever does deschedule marijuana, it won't be because the people demand it, but rather because it makes it impossible to give security clearances to an enormous percentage of practicing software engineers.
I very nearly ended up in the military in Canada. Somewhat far along in the interview process I admitted to having used marijuana within the last year (maybe it was 3 months, I can't recall). I make it a point to be an honest person.
Boom. That was the end of that process. I went on with life and ended up quite glad.
A few years later I am working with some government (mostly RCMP) information security experts and I realized - holy shit - these people are not exactly the cream of the crop. I recall not having much luck getting them to understand some very basic C and what a buffer overflow was.
Not to say there aren't some very competent people in the RCMP and CSIS/etc in Canada. But I can't help but think they are missing out on some of the best because of policies like that.
I understand the potential risks with someone who might be involved in illegal activities, but, to be honest the supposed straight shooters don't have a great track record themselves. See Cameron Ortis as a fine example.
Of course, talking to some military guys about this years later they all laughed and wondered why I didn't just lie.
