[tacticalogic]

Well, maybe we could find a point of agreement if, instead of saying drug abuse should be illegal, I said drug abuse that endangers others lives, health, or property should be illegal.

How about this. Endangering the lives, health and property of others should be illegal, within "common sense" parameters of acceptable risk.

[Eva]

Actually, I don't care about whether they legalize marijuana or not, just as long as private industry and all government jobs use random drug testing.

I know that marijuana stays in the system for 30 days, and there is no proof of how long the effects last, so that issue would have to be dealt with before any legalization. Private companies would be free to do whatever drug testing they want, but government would have to strict standards and rules.

[Persevero]

“How about this. Endangering the lives, health and property of others should be illegal, within “common sense” parameters of acceptable risk.”

I could work with that. I do think being high in public, or in your own home if others are dependent upon you, is outside the “common sense” parameters. I don’t know if agree with that or not.

It does seem to make such laws work, you’d need absolute parameters which could get arbitrary. Like the .85 or whatever it is alcohol level for drunk driving.