Posted on 03/26/2014 9:58:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
This reminds me of SOMA in the book Brave New World.
A six-pack with one or more cans missing is an “open container” yet 5 sealed cans/bottles loose in a bag are not considered “open”.
Procedural crimes.
You can safely travel such materials in your trunk, if you are aware of the vagaries of the laws and have (room in) a trunk. Otherwise I think there may be exceptions for “out of reach of the driver” like behind the back seat, etc, but I am not sure).
since marijuana is still illegal federally, employers in the state can still disqualify applicants for a job if they test positive for marijuana.
“legal” contraband (which would include cellphones and tobacco but not weapons).
They can fire someone for tobacco if it violates their published company rules.
They have to apply for the medical marijuana card with medical reason. and it takes forever to get it. why wait, grow your own and buy it retail. That is what MM did.
CO has had medical marijuana legal for several years before recreational marijuana was legalized. and when it was legalized and for sale, the lines wrapped around buildings. so, no, I don’t think the majority of people will worry about going through the requirements to qualify for a “tax free” purchase when they can access it legally quickly.
HA! funny. one of my neighbors put up a plastic sheet around their back patio to grow a plant last summer/fall.
No, the retail price is lower for medical.
Medical marijuana qualifying varies from state to state. For CO, it was a joke. For NM, it is quite stringent.
Sorry! I didn't mean to put you in any camp.
I too support full decriminalization and de-commercialization.
I was referring to generic do-gooders of any party. I didn't mean to imply that you were one of them.
It being illegal at the federal level has nothing to do with whether an employer can test for it or not. Some employers test for tobacco & alcohol usage.
Actually, it is what employers are using when they are choosing to drug test and reject applicants - federal law. The universities are using that also. So, while, CO has legalized using marijuana, employers are able to still “discriminate” and “drug test” because of overriding federal law.
Preventing the discrimination suits, so far. They are bound to come, though.
And yes, an employer can have performance expectations. I have not heard of employers not hiring/firing someone for tobacco use in CO, but I know they are pushing things like not having smoking areas on work property, offering smoking cessation programs free of charge.
Because the people pushing this are all godless liberals, and by extension, also egalitarian postmodernist.
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Godless liberals, yup, get that.
Egaltarian post-modernist. Wow.
I graduated with Honors in Philosophy in 1980 and I never, not once, put together such an awesome and completely meaningless construction.
Everything is equal and I am skeptical of all of it.
Nope, that really tells me nothing about anyone.
I am not saying they will prosecute me for the alcohol, but it goes down as another statistic which MADD and other groups use to document all the “alcohol related” accidents. That was my point.
It is nothing but a means to pad their numbers in order to bolster their claims - many of which are BS!
What does it say about a law enforcement organization/government to allow the impression that they will condone illegal behavior concerning cigarettes so they wont have to fire employees who are breaking the law, but draw the line in the sand when it comes to pot?
Weapons are just a s illegal in lockup as pot, cell phones, cigs, big screen TVs, etc, so I’m gonna need someone to explain this hypocritical difference to me.
pfl
Yep, a nation of dopers, just like before 1934.
Okay, I’ll bite. Where’s the free pot?
Pot is illegal inside and outside of the jail in Texas. Yep, the authorities are acknowledging that they have crooked guards on the take working for them. But then again, HPD’s lowered standards permit persons with past drug convictions to become officers.
If you sell a gun to a convicted felon, you again have committed a criminal act. Not so if you sell him a cellphone.
Exactly. Disease and early death (and skyrocketing health care costs) is “absorbing” the problems created by a chronically poor diet - but pot, on the other hand, will create REAL problems? Disingenuous at best.
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