Depends where you ' re going . However , if you can ' t make good choices now and blame your illegal drug use on being young , rather than saying hey I ' m not gonna smoke anymore because in the future I want to be a police officer maybe this career isn ' t for you . With that being said as I stated before it depends where you ' re looking to get hired , if your state requires a polygraph you ' re either going to have to lie or be honest about your drug use and that ' s an instant red flag and will probably get you disqualified so unless you can stop right now and turn your life around for the better I would strongly suggest not putting all your eggs in one basket . <| sep |> I ' m a mortgage broker who lives in Wellington . Now you go .