Replies

I’m in the Reserves, and we now have to p## in the bottle monthly (random select) instead of yearly (100%).

Marijuana is NOT a harmless substance, the drug laws are there for a reason, and I’m fed up with being required to prove my innocence on a regular basis because of those who disregard the law.

Interestingly enough, when I went into the Army in 1989, if you admitted to even ONE instance of smoking pot in your whole life, you were barred from enlistment. Then, when I was looking into joining up again in 2003, it turns out that they changed the rules so that (if I remember correctly) you could admit to up to 7 instances of smoking pot as long as none were within the last 3 years. I have no idea what the rules are now. When I asked one of the MEPS NCOs about the rule change, he claimed it was because pot smoking had become so socially accepted and commonplace that the military wouldn't be able to fill its ranks if it banned every one-time user. Other, harder drugs were still considered automatic bans, though. Seems like the military did its analysis and decided that (pre-enlistment) pot smoking wasn't nearly as bad as they originally thought.

Anyway, I would imagine that the Reserves has you piss in a bottle monthly now because they figure that half your friends are getting stoned regularly, so you might be tempted to as well. The social stigma that would otherwise stop you just isn't there anymore.

It’s not social stigma that stops me from smoking dope, it’s having at least half a brain.

And, your feeble attempt to insult the military aside, half the military aren’t stoned, it’s more like four percent who come up hot. If it’s someone’s first time, he or she usually gets a reprieve when boarded.

I don’t like urinalysis and I don’t like getting deployed, but I have done both more than once, so don’t go “why don’t you just get out?” Those who serve do so in spite of lots of inconveniences and privations (and you’ll probably reply that’s because they couldn’t get a real job).

Sorry to reply to several FReepers in one post, but if the shoe fits....

If your father is a Vietnam veteran, thank him for his service and then ask him what drugs from the Golden Triangle did to our people over there. Example: those living skeletons on crystal meth you see on TV? That’s what 98% pure heroin did in Vietnam. So I guess I have an opinion about what illegal drugs do, including “harmless” marijuana.

And for all of you who demand respect for others’ right to use illegal drugs (even if you personally don’t, that caveat always gets thrown in) , pardon me if I disagree.