Pete, the article had some interesting information, but unless I missed it, it didn’t speak to the affects it had on the families or the daily work performance of the drug users. For those who maintain their jobs and use drugs, usually the number of times they are late for work, make mistakes on the job, and their incidents of accidents on the job are increased. I’m not talking about those who use drugs on the job, just the residual effects of drug use and how it influences the user.
I have talked to people who honestly believe they can use drugs like, heroin, crack, and meth and not get addicted. I have yet to meet or hear of the occasional crack user.
http://www.ehow.com/list_6790396_effects-substance-abuse-workplace.html
http://www.livestrong.com/article/109582-substance-abuse-affects-family/
This is interesting but back to my initial question about other states following in it’s legalization or people moving to these states.
I was in high school during the seventies and heard a lot of the stoners talk about finding someplace where marijuana was legal and they could spend the rest of their lives partying and getting high. Actually, I kind of owe the stoners. I had tried it a couple of times at parties, but hearing them talk and what their general attitude was toward things, turned me off of it before it became a problem.
I guess part of my reason for this discussion was to see which way the pendulum was swinging. In my real life, face to face discussions with people, most seem to feel that there are absolutely no negatives to marijuana use other than driving high. Every time I’m around marijuana users I can see multiple negatives its had on their lives.
If a person wants to openly smoke marijuana wouldn’t they want to move somewhere they could smoke it without any fear of being arrested? They could sit in their back yards light up a bowl and wave to the police as they drive by. Wouldn’t that be the users ideal utopia?