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There's not a thing in your post that I don't agree with, all very true. <br /> <br />But by the same token, I think the screaming Mee mee's have taken the "anti-substance abuse" game a bit far. <br /> <br />I've smoked a lot of pot in my time, eventually, as I got older, I just found it put me to sleep, so I figured "what's the use?" so I stopped. That was about 10 years ago. <br /> <br />Everytime you hear about an accident, the screaming mee-mee's are all over the map, awaiting the results of "who ever's" blood test. If the test is positive "Boil them in oil", if negative...well then that's the last you hear about the operator. <br /> <br />Funny thing is, if you smoke a joint, traces of the fatty metabolite will show a positive for 6 weeks. <br /> <br />As I recall, the intoxicating effect of weed is not much longer than alcohol. If you smoke a joint on a saturday night, I defy you to measure empiracle disfunction on monday morning as a result. <br /> <br />Still, if a hypothetical locomotive, through no fault, crushes through a bus full of preschoolers whose driver was "at fault", if the engineer passes his blood test (aka a "good sober american") nothing more comes of it. But let him flunk, over a joint he smoked a week ago.....and it's manslaughter...do you really call *that* fair? <br /> <br />And, before you launch some "law of the land" argument, I'll remind you that it was once a crime to help slaves escape from the plantation. <br /> <br /> <br />Just my 2 cents, not an attack on you logic,..ok? <br /> <br />But I really think that the media spun condemnation of "awful druggies" in a one size fits all capacity is mighty self serving and unjust. <br /> <br />In fact it's not too hard to see a panel of alcoholics more than willing to jump to the ready and say "well, at least I'm not one of those filthy drug addicts"....in self serving fashion...similar.. infunction to the Railroads condemnation of "foamers"...=) your serve!
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