Police Officers, Correctional Officers, and Related Professionals Should Know That CBD Use May Result in Loss of Certification

If you’re a police officer, a correctional officer, a probation/parole officer, a juvenile court counselor, or a juvenile justice officer, there’s something you need to know: using CBD products, even legal ones, may cost you your career. You are subject to urinalysis. For all the professional categories mentioned above, a negative drug screen is required for certification according to the pertinent administrative rules: For police officers, see 12 NCAC 09C .0310 (providing in part that “[e]very law enforcement officer shall produce a negative result on a drug screen,” and mandating that positive results be reported to the Criminal Justice Standards Division); 12 NCAC 09A .0204 (providing that the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission may suspend or revoke an officer’s certification for a positive drug screen, unless the result can be explained to the Commission’s satisfaction); 12 NCAC 09A .0205 (providing that the period of sanction shall be five years, absent mitigating circumstances). For correctional officers and probation/parole officers, see 12 NCAC 09G .0211 (providing in part that “[e]very correctional or probation/parole officer shall have produced a negative result on a drug screen,” and mandating that positive results be reported to the Criminal Justice Standards Division); 12 NCAC 09G .0209 (providing in part that every probation/parole officer shall “have produced a negative result on a drug screen”); 12 NCAC 09G .0504 (providing that the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission may suspend or revoke the certification of a correctional officer or a probation/parole officer for a positive drug screen [...]