Can a Charged Felon be a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas?

If were going to exclued people who have been into drugs at some point in their life, then we will be excluding some the most creative, and in some aspects the most intelligent, members of our species from a profession that should embrace such. We will also be denying people who have a high neuro-physiological need for stimulation and reward from the very thing that will correct their desire for drug taking behavior. Our laws are sometimes based in evolutionary ignorance.