Danny, you are totally wrong. It asks if you have ever been convicted of a drug charge...and the other 2 people here are totally right...I went to prison 20 years ago and 4 years ago applied for federal aid. I had gone for treatment and got my fed. aid, and went on to get my degree. Come on, quit making this just another way to bitch about inequality, when the only thing you have to do is show them that you did something to address this problem....and heck, if you didn't, then you're either still using or quit on your own, both very risky situations for the government to be handing money out to anyway.

I just graduated with my master's in social work. I did all of my undergrad and graduate work after having a drug conviction. Fafsa simply asks you to answer some simple questions once you have answered yes to the drug question. If you have been to treatment you never again have to answer yes to the question. The answers scale you. You are then elligible to recieve aid. I don't think I am a conservative. Actually I am a liberal democrat who believes that for every action there is a consequence. Sometimes it appears that we are paying unfairly and sometimes we are but it is because of the choices we have made. If I can do anyone can.

This is just one more time that Drug Legalizers don't want any accountability for their actions. This law does not ban for a lifetime. Follow through with stipulations and you can recieve funding again. I know many individuals with drug charges for dealing and other serious crimes, who got into recovery and recieved federal grants for school and now have PHD's and Masters Degrees. No change no money, the judges got it right for once.

I believe the federal aid is only stripped if a drug conviction occurs during the time of enrolment. That seems reasonable to me...but only if other convictions will also carry the same consequences. If you are receiving financial aid, you should be keeping your nose clean.

Conservatives continue to stiffle our most valuable asset, youth. When are we going to accept the responsibility of our future and rid ourselves of these power hungry, rigid, and punitive aristocrats. who among them qualifies to cast the first stone?

This clause in the financial aid forms is deceiving. Students do not have to answer "yes" on the form if they have completed some type of treatment (including AA or NA meetings). In this event, Federal Aid is only withheld from those unwilling to do anything about it...