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Medical Marijuana and Job Opportunities

I didn't know this, but even if you use marijuana medically and have a medical card for it, you could still face consequences for it if it's found in your system.
On top of that, you can't own a commercial driver's license or a concealed carry permit.
It's not as dangerous as the other drugs it's categorized with.
cherokeepatti61-69, F
I have wondered about it and the jobs at the university. They can do random drug tests on people, say if you have an accident where someone else is clearly the cause they can test you. It stays in your system for positive tests a lot longer than alcohol I didn鈥檛 know about not carrying a concealed weapon when using it. I know if you discharge a weapon while drinking you are in deep doo-doo, a deputy sheriff did it one night at the apartment complex where I lived. He had a free apartment there in exchange for doing some security and one night decided to drink and shoot his gun up into the air. He got arrested, lost his deputy job and security job, got evicted quickly. You鈥檇 think that would have been the end of his law enforcement career but he got a police officer job in a small town next to this one and once again fired his gun up into the air but this time while he was driving down a highway. Got arrested again. 馃槀
GeniUs56-60, M
Sounds fair. If you are stoned out of your gourd albeit legitimately I don't need you driving your tank up the street and firing off a few rounds because it seemed like a good idea.
InvictusIndigo22-25, M
@GeniUs I don't mean doing other criminal activity. Those that drive under the influence and commit acts of violence should be held accountable for their actions, but what about those that aren't stoned out of their minds that are just working and it's in their system? It can stay in their bodies for around 30 days so it can be detected even if they haven't used it in a while.
GeniUs56-60, M
@InvictusIndigo Tough one. If you need medical Marijuana I'm going to assume the problems are so bad that you need to use it daily at which point you shouldn't be using machinery etc and your employment opportunities are going to be limited. I'm not sure I'd be happy if somebody with impaired abilities was in a management or administrative job either(lawyer for example).
SteelHands61-69, M
Consider the increased technological demands of a highly increased informational society.

Also contemplate the reduced segment of a population that is able to laser focus and hold that focus during extreme intellectual excercises.

Now I don't wonder why higher insurance costs, lower career promotions, reduced social accreditations etc.., limited business credits, reduced educational access, and a wide range of social penalties occur in many who were not fully capable of comprehending the full spectrum of that first two things that were mentioned, may be difficult to ameliorate in any other way.
MrAboo36-40, M
Marijuana is a healing plant, and big government/pharma see it as threat against the system.
cherokeepatti61-69, F
@MrAboo can be but even CDB oil can make you have the munchies so much you gain weight. I gained 15 pounds in one year from using and lost the same amount in one summer after I stopped using it.
MrAboo36-40, M
@cherokeepatti yea it鈥檒l make you eat, but that side affect is better than any of the side affects from other drugs like heroin, coke, crack, etc

 
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