weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee GO BRECK!

I haven't smoked in almost 9 years, but this excites me.

I've been wanting to smoke again, but am always fearful about going in for a random drug test and losing my job.

I'd love for it to be legalized so I can smoke without worries.

 

Originally Posted by Lord Supremo

why don't you just go get a medical card?

Also, wp Breckenridge, cO

How does one go about getting a medical card? I wouldn't be smoking a ton, but it'd be nice to smoke a little when hanging out with my friends.

The last couple times I've had the chance I've had to pass cuz I was either applying for jobs or just about to get a job.

I dont even smoke, but this is well played. I can imagine the ski bum celebrations going on about an hour away.

lets keep the ball rolling america!

Good, I hope more places follow along.

Three cheers for breckenridge!

Wow this is awesome. Hopefully this gets the ball rolling in the right direction. I don't currently smoke for the exact reasons that cizastro stated, but this is still exciting news.

Like the OP says though it's till largely symbolic because weed is still illegal. As long as it's illegal on the federal level it will always be illegal. As far as getting the medical card so you can smoke cizastro. Be very careful because most employers aren't gonna give a shit about that card when you piss hot. You need to read all the rules and contracts to the letter. If you had to take a piss test and there was alcohol in your sysltem you would be in trouble and it's legal. Oh, and as far as Breckenridge goes, the cops will just charge everyone under the state statute.

 

Originally Posted by ess286

Like the OP says though it's till largely symbolic because weed is still illegal. As long as it's illegal on the federal level it will always be illegal. As far as getting the medical card so you can smoke cizastro. Be very careful because most employers aren't gonna give a shit about that card when you piss hot. You need to read all the rules and contracts to the letter. If you had to take a piss test and there was alcohol in your sysltem you would be in trouble and it's legal. Oh, and as far as Breckenridge goes, the cops will just charge everyone under the state statute.

Thanks, Officer Buzzkill

hopefully the obama administration follows through with what they said about not messing with states that have legalized it

 

Originally Posted by jimmycrackcorn

Thanks, Officer Buzzkill

I <3 ess, but this made me lawl

 

Originally Posted by ess286

Like I said if you tested having booze in your system while at work you would have a problem so what do you think they would do with weed?

The difference, of course, being the medical aspect.

Alcohol is not prescribed as a medicine.

If you have a medical prescription to take marijuana for pain or anxiety or whatever, then it's the same sort of thing as if you had a medical prescription to take oxycodone for pain, or valium for anxiety etc.

It's sort of like, if they found oxycodone in your system and you didn't have a medical prescription for it proving you were taking it for medical reasons, then they would obv fire you, since oxycodone, like marijuana, is an illegal controlled substance which is only legal to own/use if you have a medical prescription for it. However, if you did have a medical prescription, and were thus taking it for medical reasons, they would not be able to fire you for that.

Thus, with weed, the same way, if it was medically prescribed you shouldn't be able to get fired for having it in your system. Only if it wasn't prescribed to you would it be okay to fire the person for it.

(the catch of course, is that marijuana is illegal even for medical prescription usage by the federal government, unlike oxycodone, which is legal for medically prescribed use at the federal level, so this might be problematic in court or whatever, but whatever, can't be held down by the man obv, fight the power etc etc lolz)

 

Originally Posted by bfactor

The difference, of course, being the medical aspect.

Alcohol is not prescribed as a medicine.

If you have a medical prescription to take marijuana for pain or anxiety or whatever, then it's the same sort of thing as if you had a medical prescription to take oxycodone for pain, or valium for anxiety etc.

It's sort of like, if they found oxycodone in your system and you didn't have a medical prescription for it proving you were taking it for medical reasons, then they would obv fire you, since oxycodone, like marijuana, is an illegal controlled substance which is only legal to own/use if you have a medical prescription for it. However, if you did have a medical prescription, and were thus taking it for medical reasons, they would not be able to fire you for that.

Thus, with weed, the same way, if it was medically prescribed you shouldn't be able to get fired for having it in your system. Only if it wasn't prescribed to you would it be okay to fire the person for it.

Yeah I see where you are coming from but it's still weed. And insurance carriers are still suits.

I guess thats sort of the problem with weed...certainly one of the problems they'll have whenever it gets legalized nationally...i don't know of any test that can accurately and scientifically measure whether or not someone is actively baked in the same way a breathalyzer can measure your alcohol intoxication level. Not that baked driving is equivalent to drunk driving, but both should clearly be illegal and idk how police could test someone the pulled over on suspicion of DWH. Same thing with employers: going to work high is clearly not acceptable but I dunno how you test for it