Right, same as it always has been. If you use illegal drugs, you are obligated to report it on a federal form.
No different for someone buying under Rec. But then again, just because someone makes a purchase at a dispensary, medical or rec, also doesn’t mean they purchased cannabis.
Many dispensaries also carry other related products like terpene enhanced products, cbd/n/g, etc.
And even in places with rec, many people still get cards for the lower taxes, and even prices in some places.
But yes, again, technically that is the issue.
However it isn’t as cut and dry to prove it these days as it used to be even 10 years ago.
And lets be honest here, the feds don’t care about weed any longer. If they did, they would have put the brakes on it when it started. They didn’t, and the cat’s out of the bag now and they know it.
On the TSA website it expressly states, in one of their faq’s about legal states, that they aren’t looking for cannabis. They don’t care. That’s not the ATF, but it shows how little the government cares about it.
Sure, if you’re doing a bunch of other shady shit and the feds need a reason to get you held in the system long enough to finish building their case for whatever else, then they might try it.
For the average person that has their nose clean? While possible, I wouldn’t say probable. If it’s really a concern, don’t fill out the form and buy private and problem solved.
But at least if someone here, who had a card, wanted to take that risk, it would not show up in a background check. So they’ll clear that, provided everything else checks out.