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Whenever the subject is marijuana, the FReeper Cannabis Libertarians come out of the woodwork.

I’m in the Reserves, and we now have to p## in the bottle monthly (random select) instead of yearly (100%).

Marijuana is NOT a harmless substance, the drug laws are there for a reason, and I’m fed up with being required to prove my innocence on a regular basis because of those who disregard the law.

BTW, just what does all that dope smoking do to one’s lungs, anyway?

(Flameproof suit donned)

So you having to pee in a cup is someone else’s fault for thinking that the government is overstepping their bounds?

Since you are so concerned about everyone else’s lungs, what organization do you belong to that is pushing to make cigarette smoking illegal?

And I’m sure that you are just as concerned about liver damage, so I’d like some information on the organization you belong to that is pushing to make alcohol illegal.

Oddly enough, if alcohol were to be made illegal, how many Freepers would be considered “Freeper Whiskey Libertarians” because they are pissed they can’t down a few cold beers at the game? And I don’t even smoke pot! I just have never understood the game the government was playing with the propaganda (and it IS propaganda) to why it should be in the same class as heroin or cocaine.

I never said pot wasn’t dangerous, I said why is it considered MORE dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Which that question still has jack to do with you peeing in a cup.

I’m in the Reserves, and we now have to p## in the bottle monthly (random select) instead of yearly (100%).

Marijuana is NOT a harmless substance, the drug laws are there for a reason, and I’m fed up with being required to prove my innocence on a regular basis because of those who disregard the law.

Interestingly enough, when I went into the Army in 1989, if you admitted to even ONE instance of smoking pot in your whole life, you were barred from enlistment. Then, when I was looking into joining up again in 2003, it turns out that they changed the rules so that (if I remember correctly) you could admit to up to 7 instances of smoking pot as long as none were within the last 3 years. I have no idea what the rules are now. When I asked one of the MEPS NCOs about the rule change, he claimed it was because pot smoking had become so socially accepted and commonplace that the military wouldn't be able to fill its ranks if it banned every one-time user. Other, harder drugs were still considered automatic bans, though. Seems like the military did its analysis and decided that (pre-enlistment) pot smoking wasn't nearly as bad as they originally thought.

Anyway, I would imagine that the Reserves has you piss in a bottle monthly now because they figure that half your friends are getting stoned regularly, so you might be tempted to as well. The social stigma that would otherwise stop you just isn't there anymore.