If 5 more states legalize marijuana, will the US fall off a cliff?

[MongGrel]

Testing has to be non-invasive for people to accept it as terms of employment.

This is not true in some areas.

I have had to submit to blood tests for employment in the past. Might depend on where you work I suppose, have had to do that in a few places to even be hired in the past.

But I doubt McD's is going to do something along those lines.

 

[JSt0rm]

if forklift and semi truck drivers cant smoke thats on their job choice.

 

[BoomerD]

Few people understand that urine testing for cannabis doesn't indicate intoxication but rather recent use. It tests for THC-COOH, a non-psychoactive metabolite that lingers in the human body. The test is useless other than as back door law enforcement.

I understand that, and while I agree that it's not as accurate as it should be, it's what we have now. I've always thought that new testing should be "invented" to more accurately test for actual impairment. As it is now, the testing really can't discriminate between the joint you smoked last weekend in the privacy of your living room...and the joint you smoked while driving down the freeway on your way to work. (Except by the level of cannabanoids in your test sample)

 

[Kazukian]

It is a very complicated issue and not every liberal is for legalization. The number of babies born in Colorado with THC in their blood is rising since legalization and I don't think that's probably a bad thing.

The hospital in CO reporting 50% of newborns testing positive for THC is probably screwing up the test, common baby soaps & shampoo causes babies to test positive. And they're in the middle of an economically depressed area, lots of heroin & meth.

Testing is still in the dark ages because of the FDA leaving it as a schedule 1 drug, making it hard to do any reasonable research without a ton of red tape.

 

[michal1980]

go for it.

 

[hal2kilo]

Got into a big argument over this at a Mariner's game. Guy next to me was smoking. I didn't care, but mom with child in row behind him asked him to stop. He told her to fuck off and then threatened to fight me when I informed him that it was indeed illegal to smoke there. Pretty sure he got arrested lol.

You just have to go outside where all the other smokers go, since smoking is not allowed in the stadium anywhere. That's still not technically legal, but it's definitely not enforced. The guy smoking the pot at Safeco was being a dick. You'd be amazed at the clouds of smoke as you leave the stadium sometimes.

Edit: wow, the d word is also now out.

 

[nakedfrog]

I understand that, and while I agree that it's not as accurate as it should be, it's what we have now. I've always thought that new testing should be "invented" to more accurately test for actual impairment. As it is now, the testing really can't discriminate between the joint you smoked last weekend in the privacy of your living room...and the joint you smoked while driving down the freeway on your way to work. (Except by the level of cannabanoids in your test sample)

I'm pretty sure they are actively working on such a thing.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

it's silly that it's still demonized so much, that non-violent offenders are spending years in jail for it, and they are losing out on a potentially huge revenue stream. it's time for nationwide legalization. cannot fathom why it's still a schedule 1 drug along with heroin.

 

[Jhhnn]

it's silly that it's still demonized so much, that non-violent offenders are spending years in jail for it, and they are losing out on a potentially huge revenue stream. it's time for nationwide legalization. cannot fathom why it's still a schedule 1 drug along with heroin.

Because it's half the WoD, just a really shitty jobs program for authoritarian personalities.

 

[IronWing]

Susan Sarardon just left a message on my voicemail urging me to vote for pot legalization. Totally charged my perspective.