EVT1
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Post by EVT1 on May 26, 2011 18:30:30 GMT -5
Ask any kid. It is way easier to get a blunt than to get alcohol. Go figure. No kidding- never got carded by a drug dealer. ;D We should really get rid of all vice laws- it is a waste of resources.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 18:34:42 GMT -5
Not going to happen. Gov't is too involved in the trade of drugs, regulation of drugs, enforcement of drugs, etc..................
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pappyjohn99
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Post by pappyjohn99 on May 26, 2011 18:36:00 GMT -5
Krickett-
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 18:40:42 GMT -5
Pappy. Out of K at the moment.
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Post by pappyjohn99 on May 26, 2011 18:42:07 GMT -5
No, I am talking about the consequences of criminal conviction and/or job loss.
Gotcha. I agree.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 18:50:47 GMT -5
I have a friend that weaned himself off narcos for pain-- legitimate non surgical eligible pain, with pot. His liver tests were coming back abnormal from YEARS on prescription narcos, he was a major addict to these PRESCRIBED drugs, and he is now just a pot head. Pain is better, nausea (from the prescribed meds) is gone, liver is better........... but he gets his pot illegally from a friend in CA that gets it legally but does not need it. So, basically, my friend is much better now, but in the eyes of the law he is a criminal because he smokes pot. Has not been able to get a good job for years--(has a great wife with a great job)- because of the prescribed narcos in his system, now can't get a job because of the pot in his system. He is a college educated videographer that worked 20 years in the field in CA-- very good. Now all he can do is pick up odd jobs. Disgusting. Drugs RUINED his life, and he did nothing wrong except have a bad accident 20 years ago that left him with permanent inoperable pain.
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EVT1
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Post by EVT1 on May 26, 2011 20:10:06 GMT -5
No, I am talking about the consequences of criminal conviction and/or job loss. While pot is a migraine trigger for me and something I religiously avoid, I know many people who partake, including research scientists. I have also noticed that there is one set of rules for Europeans with a few bucks, another for the poor and minorities, and I am no bleeding heart. On top of that, drug testing really shafts pot smokers. I think that if we are going to allow drug testing- which I am against- it should be limited to whether a person is under the influence at the time of the test- not a hunt for metabolites that might hang around for a month so someone who toked up at a concert on their personal time gets fired for it weeks later while the weekend crack smoker keeps their job. Since when is it a company's business what people do when they are off work anyway as long as they are doing the job they are paid for?
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Post by EVT1 on May 26, 2011 20:23:13 GMT -5
That stinks. The whole idea of we are going to presume you are a drug user until you prove you aren't, and even then we are still going to randomly check because we don't trust you is unamerican, degrading, not to mention the invasion of privacy. I notice managers don't ever seem to get tested- why is that?
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Post by EVT1 on May 26, 2011 20:32:06 GMT -5
I wonder if Goldman Sachs is a drug-free workplace? ;D
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