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Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by throwaway0a5e »

tyingq wrote: post #17
jack_riminton wrote: post #5

Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)

We don't regulate alcohol use, and it's quite a lot more destructive for some. I don't get the specific puritanism for pot. Edit: Regulate as in drug testing for past use in an employment context, like what the story is talking about.

>We don't regulate alcohol use,

Yes we do. And it's a cash cow for the government so we're unlikely to stop anytime soon.

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Post by nuclearnice1 »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #15
richrichardsson wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why don't you want to think of the children?

Why don’t you want to think of the most realistic risks to children, but choose to perpetrate stereotypes and myths based on 19th century racist propaganda?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children

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Post by loudmax »

Amazon's delivery time targets are more likely to cause accidents than employing pot smokers. As long as their drivers are sober while they're driving, what they do on their own time shouldn't be a problem. What's likely to cause accidents is incentivizing drivers to ignore stop signs and run red lights so they can meet their delivery target metrics.

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Post by mynegation »

Of course Amazon is watching out for their business interest, but they are doing the morally right thing here.

I do not smoke anything as a personal preference and do not enjoy when second-hand smoke and smell affects me but I support legalization for the simple reason that criminalization of marijuana and stigmatization of pot smokers is much much worse.

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Post by hughrr »

Horticulture wrote: post #13
hughrr wrote: post #2

I can’t wait for Amazon to deliver a van through my fence.

Right, because anybody who consumes cannabis must be doing it all the time and willing to drive under the influence.

Some do. The guy who left his car upside down in my front garden after rolling the car through my fence ended up being prosecuted for it.

Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by jack_riminton »

tyingq wrote: post #17
jack_riminton wrote: post #5

Some of the comments are assuming that all those who smoke pot are irresponsible or unable to do a job if they do smoke pot (this includes people who may only smoke at weekends/parties btw)

We don't regulate alcohol use, and it's quite a lot more destructive for some. I don't get the specific puritanism for pot. Edit: Regulate as in drug testing for past use in an employment context, like what the story is talking about.

Which country are you in?

Alcohol is one of the most highly regulated substances on the planet.

Also, no puritanism here, just facts about how people can use pot and remain completely in control (again, worth pointing out that someone can fail a pot drug test if they smoked it weeks ago)

Re: Amazon’s answer to delivery driver shortage: Pot smokers

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Post by tyingq »

jack_riminton wrote: post #29
tyingq wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We don't regulate alcohol use, and it's quite a lot more destructive for some. I don't get the specific puritanism for pot. Edit: Regulate as in drug testing for past use in an employment context, like what the story is talking about.

Which country are you in? Alcohol is one of the most highly regulated substances on the planet. Also, no puritanism here, just facts about how people can use pot and remain completely in control (again, worth pointing out that someone can fail a pot drug test if they smoked it weeks ago)

Meaning most people can drink alcohol without fear of being tested for past use in a work context. We don't regulate it in the workplace the way we regulate pot use.
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