I wasn't making an excuse; I was saying that I couldn't set aside my feeling about drugs in order to be fair to the defendant.
I could have just as easily have lied and stayed on the jury and not been fair to the defendant; do you think that would have been a good idea?
fine. As you were....
This really shows that lawyers have too much latitude. They want to have a jury who has essentially no knowledge about what the criminal may have done. This is not a fair jury, this is a over the top too fair a jury. If one of the lawyers wants to use a preemptive challenge, thats another matter. But if you know something about drugs, it should not disqualify you. If you are a drug user, then you would be disqualified.