On March 19, 2018, an OHA Administrative Judge issued a decision in which he determined that an individual's DOE access authorization should be restored. In a Personnel Security Interview (PSI), the individual stated that she had taken her husband’s Xanax, a prescription medication, on multiple occasions since 2008. She also stated that a physician had prescribed her Lexapro, an anti-depressant medication, in 2014. The Local Security Office (LSO) raised concerns under the Bond Amendment and Guideline H regarding the individual's misuse of prescription drugs. In addition, the LSO raised concerns under Guideline E about: (1) the individual's failure to report her misuse of Xanax; and (2) inconsistencies between the individual's statements regarding her use of Xanax and Lexapro and information she provided when completing the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP) in 2011 and 2016. At the hearing and through evidence submitted into the record, the individual established that she is not currently a user of a controlled substance or an addict. Accordingly, the Administrative Judge found that the Bond Amendment does not prevent the individual from having her security clearance restored. The individual mitigated the security concerns raised under Guideline H by showing that, for various reasons, the circumstances in which she decided to take her husband's prescription medication were unusual and unlikely to recur. These reasons include the individual's own previous Xanax prescription and her failure to consider that taking her husband's Xanax was unlawful. The individual also mitigated the security concerns raised under Guideline H by obtaining her own Xanax prescription and by signing a statement acknowledging that any future drug involvement or misuse is grounds for revocation of her access authorization. With respect to Guideline E, the Administrative found that that there was sufficient evidence in the record to mitigate the security concerns that the LSO had raised. This evidence included the individual's explanation that she did not accurately report her use of prescription drugs because she misinterpreted the questions on the QNSP and because she had not recognized that her use of her husband's Xanax constituted misuse. Consequently, the Administrative Judge found that the individual had mitigated the security concerns raised by the LSO and that the individual's access authorization should be restored. (Gregory S. Krauss).