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Fonceai said:
Look very carefully at what you said.
Earlier in the thread, you specifically said that favoring drug legalization is not the same as being a drug user.
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I say:
That is true, I did. I also think it should be an obviously true statement.
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Fonceai said:
You say that it favors those who oppose drug legalization and that is a horrible logical fallacy.
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I say:
No, its not. There are many drug legalization advocates, activists who won't live, or bring business to areas that the STATE works directly against their goals using "kickbacks" to companies who comply, and further destabilizes the market aside from the kickbacks since it
isolates several forms of business from even having intrest in the area. Right now, Ohio is losing jobs like mad, yet taxes go up, and the market is more isolated. Almost like shooting yourself in the foot.....twice.
People who support the illegalization of hemp forget it was a national crop at one time, and it currently has over 160,000 industrial uses. In Ohio, many of us would like to put some of those 160,000 uses to work in our state, to create jobs and a more open market that benefits everyone.
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Fonceai said:
It's favoring those who want a drug-free work place.
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I say:
The drug tests aren't good enough to ascertain "UI", simply that
some level is present. (knowing that the most commonly used drug, marijuana, can be in the system for up to 30 days.) Are you in a workplace 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? So what if a person smokes a joint at home, right after work, and not again until the next day? Is that different than a glass or two of wine, or a few beers, in effects to the "mental state" a person is in when going to work the next day? How about 3 weeks after, should they still be held accountable for that one act of smoking the joint after 3 weeks, while the drinkers pound them down nightly?
The Drug Free Workplace Program is just another corrupt extension of the War on Drugs, and another way to funnel federal and state monies to police forces and failing city systems that are overbloated with social program costs.