>>>>>>>>>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35913492/ns/business-careers
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>>>>>>>>>>So...what do you think about this???
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Aha, the classic catch 22. I can empathize with him, but he knew he would test hot, and he knew what the policy was. I think, if I were in his position, I would have tried to get a different drug. Gee, what do you wanna bet the MM crowd will use this as PROOF that MM should be legalized everywhere in the universe?
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>>>>>>>>Aside from the obvious ethical points of how wrong this is I suppose you think society is better off having this guy unemployed? And this "if I were in his position" comment is ridiculous. First of all you don't have access to his medical records and have no way of knowing what other drugs he may of already tried. Furthermore I don't think any of us can speculate what our "position" and/or thinking would be if we were constant pain caused by sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor. You upset or something because he smoked a little grass and got a little euphoria or something? Quite frankly if the guy has terminal cancer a little euphoria might not be so bad for him either.
>>>>>>>>Your stance on this position is downright cruel sometimes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>How far do you go to feel sorry for the guy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Do you let him get stoned at work?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Do you let him come in stoned?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>But..but...but he's in pain! we should let him be stoned at work. Why not? He can always sue Walmart if he injures himself, and anyone else he injures can sue Walmart too - hey - no problem!
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>>>>>>No, just pump him full of oxycontin (which would kill him) or morphine and let him stumble around. Really, isn't the issue that he was working while under the influence (regardless of the medical need for it)? Does anyone take morphine or oxycontin and go to work? I understand using mm for chronic pain, but if the pain is that bad that it requires treatment with narcotics (regardless of which one it is) then you are forced to stay home and not go to work. You cannot drive or work under the influence whether it be any other prescribed narcotic.
>>>>>
>>>>>Exactly.
>>>>>
>>>>>> My question is more regarding the test. Was he under the influence still or was the test sensitive enough to pick it up if he is not under the influence. It needs to be fair and be applied for all legal narcotics. If an illegal substance is detected, it doesn't matter, but if it is a legal substance then it needs to detect under the influence and not in the blood stream having been used within the last 48 hours, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>>I agree.
>>>>>
>>>>>Now watch the MM lobby try to say MM is different.
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>>>>I honestly don't get opposition to marijuana for any purpose. It has effectively been decriminalized already. Well, other than Sheriff John (which I can understand -- it's the law) and Wal-Mart.
>>>
>>>Yeah will might remind him that oral sex is illegal in Tennessee and so is interracial marriage. Thankfully there is such a thing as "jury nullification" in this country that can be a last line of defense against stupid laws and over zealous cops (not that John is one of course)
>>>
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>>Interracial marriage is illegal in Tennessee? That shocks me. Are you sure?
>>
>>As far as the other one, I doubt it is vigorously enforced.....
>
>It appears I was incorrect about interracial marriage still being illegal in TN...
>It used to be this:
>Constitution of Tennessee
>Article XI: Miscellaneous Provisions: Section 14
>The intermarriage of white persons with negroes, mulattoes, or persons of mixed blood, descended from a negro to the third generation inclusive of their living together as man and wife in this State is prohibited. The legislature shall enforce this section by appropriate legislation.
>
>...however taking a look here:
>http://www.tncrimlaw.com/law/constit/XI.html
>..it looks like Section 14 was repealed.

There are a lot of old laws (no longer enforced) sitting on the books in many states and in may local jurisdictions - like swearing and spitting in the streets, etc...