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This is a normal post In my experience a lot of people of all backgrounds and skills are users.
Those who don't have a problem seem less inclined to share their habit with others, maybe due to the stigma attached with use.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Mon 27 Jul 2015, 18:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well,
it does impare skills. That is kind of the point of it as I understand, so I think the stigma is justified. I don't care if my local pub DJ smokes it, but the pilot of a 747 is a different matter, if I wanted to fly on it.
Or if I was on trial for a murder I didn't commit, and my defence counsel and the Judge both enjoyed an 'out of hours' recreational spliff, as did half the Jury. I'd prefer they didn't, to be honest. As I think would most people. And if most people agree, it isn't stigma.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 19:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post They couldn't have an after hours spliff but could legally drink themselves into oblivion with gin?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 19:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I'd prefer they did neither, wouldn't you? Just because one is legal and one isn't, what does that have to do with my scenario?
I wouldn't want a drunk or a pot head as my defence lawyer. Does the fact that it is legal to be a drunk therefore make being a pot head ok too?
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 19:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post No but just as it's possible to drink without being a drunk it's possible to enjoy cannabis and not be a pot head.
That was my experience anyway.

It'll be nice to have the choice without fear of arrest and the problems a criminal record can cause.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 20:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well, you've hit upon something
I find interesting about the whole debate. Drug users from all walks of life claim it is recreational, just a bit of fun, and yet risk this legal threat that could ruin careers and families from a prosecution. Apparently, this 'bit of relaxation' is worth the risk of a jail term. I don't buy that.
Driving at 100 mph on my local street would be great fun, and I reckon I, and my car, could handle it. But I can't do it. It is illegal. So I don't.
The fact so many people are willing to break the drugs laws on something they could 'take or leave, it's just fun' suggests it is more than that. It is a dependency masking real issues that they ought to address.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 20:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't think you can equate doing 100 in a 30 zone with sitting at home with a joint.
If you were in the car with a joint that would be something, but there are already laws about that.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 21:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Both are breaking the law
Why would you feel justified to do one but not the other? Both are fun. Both are potentionaly life changing to you and others around you.
My only guess is that one is a need, the other a thrill.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 21:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Why? Easy.
Because one has the potential to directly harm others and the other doesn't.

Life changing? Try life ending.
 (I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 22:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Have you been with a mother
too stoned to look after her children? I call that direct harm.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 0:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Smoking during work is a big no.
Same as drinking or taking any substance. What people do in their own time should be up to them really. I don't see it as an issue
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Mon 27 Jul 2015, 19:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Then with all due respect
you haven't met the people I sometimes have. I have never caught anyone smoking or drinking at work. But I've had to let them go because of the state they are in the day after. Their own time impacted on mine. I sound a horrid boss but I'm cuddly really.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Mon 27 Jul 2015, 20:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Like I said, I have seen both sides and is generally not black and white
if someone is incapable of doing job whatever the reason then it needs dealt with, for sho
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Mon 27 Jul 2015, 20:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes you sound like an awful boss.
Purely for that shambolic statement.
 (numero uno, spanishfly's mate, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 0:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Shambolic how?
I let people go because they turned up for work unable to do their job. I don't see that as unfair.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 28 Jul 2015, 0:46, , Reply)