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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 phh »

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.

I think you have it upside-down. It's tobacco and alcohol that have special treatment, not pot.

My main guess for that special treatment is merely that tobacco and alcohol were global when we started taking care about global health issues, so we left them, but banned any newcomer

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

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Post by da_big_ghey »

Well I am all in favor of legalizeing, but there is side effect: those who are smoking in public, cigarette but especially pot, must have harsh consequence. I go to some place in US and it is stinking everywhere on public streets. People can not force everybody to inhale their drug fume only because they want their high.

Edit for clarifying: maybe a $200 fine is good point for starting, go up to $500 with repeating. I also think many smoker drop cigarette butts and we need greater fine for that if it will stop.

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

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Post by jack_riminton »

Shadonototro wrote: post #23

drug addicts who are willing to work like slaves with crappy salary only because they are so high to even reason about it not to mention the security risk nice society!

Pot smokers are worlds apart from 'drug addicts', which i presume you're equating with opiates or other highly physically addictive substances

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

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #12
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)

Decades of exposure to intentionally misleading propaganda is difficult to ignore. It becomes a part of the worldview, making it hard to even think outside that box.

True. But some part of that propaganda is from pot smokers themselves. Some enjoy the image of the laid-back happy carefree pothead. Their cult leaders (used to be) Cheech and Chong.

Maybe they've just bought in to someone elses' worldview. But I don't think so.

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

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Post by da_big_ghey »

eurasiantiger wrote: post #12
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)

Decades of exposure to intentionally misleading propaganda is difficult to ignore. It becomes a part of the worldview, making it hard to even think outside that box.

Well no, there are serious health risk associated with weed. Maybe alcohol have them too, yes both deserve legality, but this is not to say it is "safe", especially in young.

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

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

tyingq wrote: post #30
jack_riminton wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I dunno. Background checks include DUIs.

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

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oxymoran wrote: post #10
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)

And also clearly have never been high enough to realize that they are more likely to be super paranoid and going 10 miles under the speed limit than driving through a fence or running over children. It’s not at all comparable to being drunk.

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