Young Voters

[goathead]

Since the election has taken place.

Maybe I will live long enough to see POT legal.

Give me something to look forward to when I retire and don't have to worry about piss testing anymore.

[Simon of the Playa]

they almost did it in Nevada in 2002, remember?


they were going to win when that accident occurred involving a state trooper on a motorcycle if i recall correctly, and a young woman who supposedly tested positive for marijuana in her bloodstream. (which of course may have been there for weeks, but i digress)

i cant remember the exact details, reno, maybe Carson city, but the timing couldnt have been worse.

[pinemom]

It was Reno



A woman convicted of causing the death of a Reno police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Anna Marie Jackson was convicted of having marijuana metabolite in her system when she pulled out from a commercial driveway into the path of motorcycle officer Mike Scofield in September 2002.

Scofield, who was responding to an accident, died at the scene.

District Judge Janet Berry allowed Jackson to remain on house arrest pending a hearing later this month on a defense motion to relay the sentence pending appeals.

[Elderberry]

Since the election has taken place.

Maybe I will live long enough to see POT legal.

Give me something to look forward to when I retire and don't have to worry about piss testing anymore.

It's legal here in CA, but that doesn't stop the Feds from periodically raiding the dispensaries. Maybe that will ease up with the Obama administration.

I would vote to make all drugs legal. Seems a sensible thing to do. It would save millions in enforcement costs and free drug treatment could be made available to those that need/want it.

As far as drug testing at work, I have mixed feelings on that. Unfortunately there are people that have jobs that it's not good to be high while you are doing--like train engineers or high-rise construction workers for example. Should they be tested even if drugs were legal?

I think there needs to be much greater sophistocation in the testing--If you smoked on the weekend and were tested at work on Monday--the test would need to be able to discern whether or not you had enough drug in your system to be high at work, not that you smoked a day or a week ago.

JK

[Simon of the Playa]

i've stapled my self enough times to know when not to take another Obong hit.

[VelcroChicken]

Since the election has taken place.

Maybe I will live long enough to see POT legal.

Give me something to look forward to when I retire and don't have to worry about piss testing anymore.

It's legal here in CA, but that doesn't stop the Feds from periodically raiding the dispensaries. Maybe that will ease up with the Obama administration.

I would vote to make all drugs legal. Seems a sensible thing to do. It would save millions in enforcement costs and free drug treatment could be made available to those that need/want it.

As far as drug testing at work, I have mixed feelings on that. Unfortunately there are people that have jobs that it's not good to be high while you are doing--like train engineers or high-rise construction workers for example. Should they be tested even if drugs were legal?

I think there needs to be much greater sophistocation in the testing--If you smoked on the weekend and were tested at work on Monday--the test would need to be able to discern whether or not you had enough drug in your system to be high at work, not that you smoked a day or a week ago.

JK

Technically, it's illegal everywhere. Some states allow it for medical purposes or whatever, but federally, it's still a crime to have it. So that's why feds can do that. It's kind of at their discretion then.

But I agree with taking the ban of drugs. Maybe some strict control on certain ones, those that are highly addictive, dangerous, etc. But yes, with some jobs you just don't need to be high while at work. I'm a security guard at a themepark. Not a good place to be high.

[Elderberry]

Maybe some strict control on certain ones, those that are highly addictive, dangerous, etc.

Why? Education and treatment, yes. But I don't think you can't pick and choose. Are you aware that some of the most addictive drugs are actually the ones that do the least long-term damage to health? If those drugs were available legally and cheaply, those people could function fine. Problem is always with crime committed to get money to buy the drugs--and of course drug dealers. both would disappear if it were legal.

JK

[goathead]

i've stapled my self enough times to know when not to take another Obong hit.

Really? Your with friends here, you can be HONEST....

LMAO, like I never Smash the fuck out of my fingers, EVEN when I am straight......

[VelcroChicken]

Maybe some strict control on certain ones, those that are highly addictive, dangerous, etc.

Why? Education and treatment, yes. But I don't think you can't pick and choose. Are you aware that some of the most addictive drugs are actually the ones that do the least long-term damage to health? If those drugs were available legally and cheaply, those people could function fine. Problem is always with crime committed to get money to buy the drugs--and of course drug dealers. both would disappear if it were legal.

JK

I'm talking like, the kind of control tobacco and alcohol is under now. As in not just putting it out on the counter for anyone to grab.

Limits on age and such.

But definitely some education, as long as you know the addictive nature of the substance, and you're mature enough to make your own decisions. Go for it.

[goathead]

A woman convicted of causing the death of a Reno police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison.

That was a BULL SHIT ABUSE OF POWER....
Gammitch wasn't it?

JERK.