Why are people so upset about if you are convicted of a drug violation you can’t get federal student loans?
Doesn’t make sense to me. A person uses illegal drugs by choice. And now a group of people who were convicted of drug offenses want to change the law taking no responsibility for their actions. Moral of the story, if you plan on going to college someday and will need federal loans or grants, don’t do illegal drugs!
I think their reasoning is that for some, it was a stupid thing they did when they were young. They regret it now and want a chance to get on with their lives and make something of themselves. However, because of this one incident years ago, they can no longer get federal student loans.
However, I do agree that for habitual and continuing drug users, they should be denied federal aid. If they can’t even manage to lay off drugs, what makes anyone think they will make good use of the money and go to classes.
