[weegee]

Kill the social safety net and then you can work on lifting bans on substances.

Meanwhile employers are perfectly within their rights in this day and age to prohibit their employees from smoking even tobacco WHILE OFF WORK.

[Mr. Know It All]

Meanwhile employers are perfectly within their rights in this day and age to prohibit their employees from smoking even tobacco WHILE OFF WORK.

Employer/Employee relationships are not equivalent to Government/Citizen relationships. If I break the rules at work, I can lose my job. If I break the rules in society, I can lose my freedom or even my life.

Also, if my employer says I can't smoke at home, they are probably trying to keep health care costs down which lowers my contribution to the health plan as well. In contrast, the War on Drugs takes money out of my pocket (in taxes spent on the program) and has, so far, accomplished nothing.

There's no equivalence here.

[Ken H]

Do you think social safety nets from the federal governments are constitutional, according to your view and understanding of the Constitution?