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It's legal to smoke pot in Colorado, but you can still get fired for it
Los Angeles Times ^ | 06/19/2015 | NIGEL DUARA

Posted on 06/19/2015 5:53:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: Texas Eagle

My BIL is stoned all day. It’s his default setting.
He also works in a sawmill so go figure.


21 posted on 06/19/2015 6:23:46 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: AppyPappy

His guardian angel probably has ulcers.


22 posted on 06/19/2015 6:24:37 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why would anyone want to work for a place like that anyway? Vote with your feet - quit!


23 posted on 06/19/2015 6:34:47 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: AppyPappy
Smoking legal weed on Friday night can get you fired on Monday morning.

Only the state legalized weed - not the feds. You may not think the feds should even be involved, but if you work for a company that has a drug-testing policy, you shouldn't be using weed, even if it is "legal" in your state.

24 posted on 06/19/2015 6:35:01 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: FrdmLvr

Vote with your feet - quit!

Did you not read the article? He can’t vote with his feet because they don’t work.


25 posted on 06/19/2015 6:37:42 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Chris Stevens won't be running for president.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Ruling is correct. Employer has every right to require sober/straight employees. The psychoactive effects of pot last days, don't let anybody tell you otherwise.

And don't ask me how I know. I still remember some things, even at this advanced age. :-)

26 posted on 06/19/2015 6:45:23 AM PDT by dayglored (Meditate for twenty minutes every day, unless you are too busy, in which case meditate for an hour.)
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To: rfreedom4u

Speaking in general. I’ve read many debates over the fact that people are upset about this.


27 posted on 06/19/2015 6:58:57 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: AppyPappy

No that’s not the problem. The problem is people who think they should be able to do as they please with no consequences.


28 posted on 06/19/2015 7:07:35 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Damn straight! Well said.


29 posted on 06/19/2015 7:09:11 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: RightOnTheBorder

another great response!


30 posted on 06/19/2015 7:10:05 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: FrdmLvr

I know. But I felt the need to pull a chain today. Have a great day!


31 posted on 06/19/2015 7:10:14 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Chris Stevens won't be running for president.)
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To: Wolfie

In today’s litigious business atmosphere one critical defense against discrimination lawsuits is consistency. If one drug user is fired the all drug users should be fired. You can blame the federal employment police for that.


32 posted on 06/19/2015 7:12:55 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: rfreedom4u

Well played


33 posted on 06/19/2015 7:14:34 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: rfreedom4u

Anytime r4u!


34 posted on 06/19/2015 7:17:08 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
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To: SeekAndFind

The entire legal system is in place to govern cause and effect, while also making use of cause and effect. When it comes to substances which cause erratic, dysfunctional, or maliferous behavior to the extent/effect life and property of others is, or is more likely to be effected negatively, then the law places strictures on those substances and penalties upon those who choose to imbibe depsite the prohibition.

The threat of penalty serves as a restraint, and the penalty serves the interest of justice. The question I think law needs to address is whether citizens should be retrained and punished merely on the basis of potential behavior, or on the basis of actual behavior. Because today’s laws are, IMO, draconian in their prohibitions and penalties when it comes to use of self-medications, stimulants, and the like, I am inclined to see the law applied to actual behavioral results as opposed to mere potential.

Meanwhile, I look for the day when I have travel privately with an ice cold brew in hand without fear of some mad prospect hounding me into loss of liberty. With the dawn of self-driving vehicles that day may be at hand.


35 posted on 06/19/2015 7:31:28 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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To: SeekAndFind
They need to get a doctors recommendation . . .
they know best..
36 posted on 06/19/2015 7:55:18 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s legal to smoke pot in Colorado
Wonder what the accident rate is at work places after they made pot legal in the stoner state?.


37 posted on 06/19/2015 8:12:44 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Vaduz

It doesn’t work like that. Any good news is good news, and any bad news isn’t relevant.


38 posted on 06/19/2015 8:44:13 AM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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To: MaxMax
any bad news isn’t relevant.

What bad news?

39 posted on 06/19/2015 9:05:52 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: AppyPappy

Probably makes the loss of the occasional finger easier to take.


40 posted on 06/19/2015 9:17:11 AM PDT by saleman (?)
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