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Meet me at work and we will get in a personnel basket attached to a crane that is going to lift us 150 feet in the air. Maybe the crane operator will be stoned, maybe he won't. We have no way of telling for sure because there is a "lack of testing measures" as you put it. You see no problem here?

this has nothing to do with why it should be illegal. that private employer still has its own rules and regulations irrespective of alcohol. and tell me how you can immediately test that crane operator on the scene for opiates, which are much more of a worry (and much more common) than weed.

the only instant-chemical analysis we have is for alcohol. that's mainly a function of alcohol being legal for so long and the market adapting. the argument that we can't legalize weed b/c we don't have that is irrational b/c you've created the self-fulfilling prophecy to maintain its illegal status

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Posted by reverendotis

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Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:18 am to SlowFlowPro

We aren't debating legalizing opiates for recreational use. If we were, I would insist on the same type of spot test for them.

The only instant assay that we have is for alcohol because it is the only legal intoxicant available. Because consuming it renders you unsuitable to perform certain tasks, such as driving, it is necessary to have a way to tell if someone is currently drunk and how drunk they are.

I maintain that the same thing needs to be readily available for pot. Until then, I cannot support legalizing it.

I truthfully don't care if a bunch of dipshit twenty somethings want to sit around their apartment and get stoned. For me, this isn't a philosophical argument about freedom and government control. It is a practical matter of needing a simple way to tell if someone is stoned and how stoned they are before pot gets legalized.

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