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Recreational Marijuana: Cause and effect in the Oilfield?
Oil Pro ^
| 01/03/2014
| David Morgan
Posted on 01/03/2014 11:29:03 AM PST by thackney
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To: thackney
The oilfield is full of dopers.
Always has been always will be.
It’s the threat of getting the living hell beat out of them for doing something stupid that keeps them in line.
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posted on
01/03/2014 12:51:36 PM PST
by
IMR 4350
To: thackney
Yes, I looked at your link and it is 5 ng/ml.
To: IMR 4350; All
Saw a bumper sticker once that said:
I work in the oil patch because the dope comes in 5-gallon buckets and the joints are 20 feet long!
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:05:37 PM PST
by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
anyone using oxycodone ... that stuff is truly dangerousI understand what you're saying.
I have a question.
I broke my heel bone into about 8 pieces 10 weeks ago, and have had a script for oxycodone providing up to 4 pills per day since. I've accumulated quite a stash.
I take maybe 3 every 2 days on average, never feel anything like a craving, and get nothing even vaguely resembling recreational benefits from them.
Am I missing something in how to use these pills? I don't see why people are so big on using them for "fun."
To: Gen.Blather
Ive often wondered whether hes still alive and if so how many lives hes ruined. (I suspected he was a pot user, but couldnt prove it.)
You could take a responsible person, get him high as a kite, and he still wouldn't do anything as stupid as you just described. This guy's problem was not marijuana. He was either crazy, IQ under 80, or on some much more powerful drug. My favorite part of your story is how you merely suspected that he was a pot user, and that is enough reason for you to cite this story as evidence that legal marijuana will bring mass destruction. There may be legitimate arguments against legalization, but I see very few reasonable or logical ones listed on FR. Mostly I see wholesale swallowing and endorsement of government War on Drugs propaganda.
One of the reasons I am so adamant about this is because I know a number of professionals who either currently are regular pot smokers or have been, and handle their complex jobs just fine. The "Reefer Madness" hysteria would have these decent people visited by SWAT in the dead of night, all while ignoring the mass death and destruction caused by alcohol, because hey, alcohol is MY drug of choice so let's not stigmatize THAT.
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:15:58 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: Sherman Logan
I had exactly the same experience as you describe for oxycodone, but Percodan was really good stuff....
Not sure why...
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:17:40 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: thackney
Legalizing marijuana in any state is a bad idea.
And no, I won't ping Dane because he is such an asshole.
5.56mm
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:18:13 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: nascarnation
Maybe I can schmooze the doc into giving me some...
To: Wuli
The issue, I think, is that at present it’s a good deal more difficult to prove someone is high than drunk.
To: thackney
Legalized pot plus recreational skiing will also mean new state regulations ...
For starters, how about one keeping Kennedys out of the state ...
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:23:49 PM PST
by
x
To: IMR 4350
While I agree there are many drug users in the oil patch, hiring drug tests and follow up random drug test helps keep it down. I’ve taken many to start a new job.
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:37:05 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Wuli
its legal to drink alcohol
it is not legal to be under the influence of alcohol For most of the work I've seen the last decade or so has been zero tolerance. No alcohol at all in your system is acceptable during working hours.
A couple decades ago we often had a beer at lunch, no more. And that is even with the office only work, not going to the job site.
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:40:03 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: ifinnegan
So maybe this is 5 ng/ml? That makes sense but I don't know the units. I haven't looked up on this before. I just searched figuring this isn't the first time this has been considered.
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:41:28 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: mozarky2
the dope comes in 5-gallon buckets and the joints are 20 feet long! LOL!!!
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:42:16 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: ifinnegan
"dont expect to have a job"
The big question in Colorado: can employers legally discriminate against stoners?
Personally, I wouldn't hire a Stoner to stock shelves, much less participate in a dangerous environment.
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:44:23 PM PST
by
indthkr
To: indthkr
Companies have successfully been able to not hire tobacco smokers. I don’t think this will be any more difficult.
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:47:31 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: livius
Not chemically addictive,no hangover and longer buzz on smaller dose are the big one. Then of course it’s just a matter of personal preference, the two buzzes are very different you might like one more than the other.
In the long run it won’t be any different than alcohol. Jobs you’re not allowed to do drunk you won’t be allowed to do stoned. It’s mostly the prohibitionists writing these things trying to make the situation seem other than it is. There was a wave of these stories when the medical MJ thing started gaining steam and none of their nightmare scenarios came to pass.
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:48:26 PM PST
by
discostu
(I don't meme well.)
To: indthkr
Someone pointed out they are discriminating against nicotine smokers, which is legal, so it would seem they can treat stoners similarly.
To: Sherman Logan
I broke my heel bone into about 8 pieces 10 weeks ago . . .Sherman, I pray for a complete recovery for you.
My wife shattered her heel in an auto accident (teenage texting) about six years ago, so I understand what you'll be going through with recovery and PT.
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posted on
01/03/2014 1:57:36 PM PST
by
Scoutmaster
(I'd rather be at Philmont)
To: indthkr
The big question in Colorado: can employers legally discriminate against stoners?
Yes. Yes, they can.
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posted on
01/03/2014 2:06:31 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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