The problem, as we've seen with a number of issues in the past few decades, is that "permission" soon morphs into "promotion." Can professional organizations continue to ban pot use among member if the government tacitly endorses it through legalization? It is thus deemed a "right" that no professional organization can violate.
Are pilots allowed to drink before flight? Surgeons? The number of no smoking businesses keeps going up. Of course professional organizations can ban use of legal products. Well established jurisprudence.
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On an abstract political level, I think people ought to control their own destiny. Government prohibition of a weed has proven difficult.
The problem, as we’ve seen with a number of issues in the past few decades, is that “permission” soon morphs into “promotion.” Can professional organizations continue to ban pot use among member if the government tacitly endorses it through legalization? It is thus deemed a “right” that no professional organization can violate.
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The issue you posit boils down to one thing: BIG govt.
BIG govt, w/o the ability to take a ‘hands-off’ approach, it *must* have one hand in the till (ala tax-man); all on the fallacy of ‘paying’ for their illegal, unconstitutional Socialist program(s) galore.
You pose a very good question.
If I'm managing a large construction project in a state or country where recreational marijuana use is legal, can I still do a drug and alcohol test on an employee who is involved in an accident?
Can I fire a heavy equipment operator if he is involved in a metal-on-metal incident and he tests positive for weed?
I had enough problems with employee drug use on my last project in Canada before marijuana was legalized.