Marijuana could soon be regulated like alchohol in all 50 states

[MindWars]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
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Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If Colorado is "filthy rich" why do they have a 700 million budget deficit?

Something isn't adding up

 

[EvilCat Breath]

My half sister is getting out of Colorado Springs. She's going to Florida. Pot has made life miserable and dangerous.

 

[Pogo]

My half sister is getting out of Colorado Springs. She's going to Florida. Pot has made life miserable and dangerous.

But how does her other half feel about it?

 

[MindWars]

If Colorado is "filthy rich" why do they have a 700 million budget deficit?

Something isn't adding up

From 2014

Imagine what they have made at this stage...........

Colorado made so much money in marijuana taxes this year, they are giving residents a tax rebate.

 

[MindWars]

If Colorado is "filthy rich" why do they have a 700 million budget deficit?

Something isn't adding up

I'm not sure where you got that information , but this is right off the Co. Gov. page

March 2017 Forecast_Final.pdf

 

[MindWars]

My half sister is getting out of Colorado Springs. She's going to Florida. Pot has made life miserable and dangerous.

Florida is working on legalizing it too, all 50 will end up doing it. No where to run and no different than booze.
Once legal it takes away the crime on it and stops cartels esp.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Colorado governor: State faces nearly $700M budget deficit

 

[Wyatt earp]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
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Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

FYI



Can a worker be fired for using medical cannabis?

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• MARCH 17, 2017 5:00 AM

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Courts, lawmakers ponder the question.

Can workers be fired for smoking medical cannabis when they’re off the clock?

That’s the question currently before the state’s highest court the legislature this session.

Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and in Washington, but because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, patients who use it aren’t necessarily afforded the same protections as patients who use more conventional medications like opioids. Workers can be fired from their jobs for failing a drug test, even if they can provide proof that they are a registered patient.

It’s a double standard Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs a pot-friendly practice, would like to see changed.

“I think absolutely this medicine should be treated with same regard as other medicines and as far as employees go; they should get the same protections as they do with other medications,” he said. “There’s no reason to treat it any differently than percocet, benzos, or frankly any non-dependency forming psychoactive medication.”

Marijuana is different from alcohol in that it can be detected in the body for weeks after use. And a positive test doesn’t indicate current intoxication, Tishler said.

For people like Cristina Barbuto, using medicinal cannabis can mean having to choose between making a living and living in pain.

Barbuto, who has Crohn’s disease, was fired from a marketing job with Advantage Sales and Marketing in 2015 when she failed a drug test — a test she had already told her boss would test positive for marijuana. Though her boss said it wouldn’t be an issue given her medical status, Barbuto was fired after just one day on the job.

"Ms. Barbuto explained to ASM that she did not use marijuana daily and would never consume it before work or at work," her court appeal states.

But she was fired anyway. The reason? She said the business decided, “We follow federal law, not state law."

 

[Wyatt earp]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
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Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

FYI



Can a worker be fired for using medical cannabis?

• ERIN TIERNAN
  
• MARCH 17, 2017 5:00 AM

Courts, lawmakers ponder the question.

Can workers be fired for smoking medical cannabis when they’re off the clock?

That’s the question currently before the state’s highest court the legislature this session.

Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and in Washington, but because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, patients who use it aren’t necessarily afforded the same protections as patients who use more conventional medications like opioids. Workers can be fired from their jobs for failing a drug test, even if they can provide proof that they are a registered patient.

It’s a double standard Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs a pot-friendly practice, would like to see changed.

“I think absolutely this medicine should be treated with same regard as other medicines and as far as employees go; they should get the same protections as they do with other medications,” he said. “There’s no reason to treat it any differently than percocet, benzos, or frankly any non-dependency forming psychoactive medication.”

Marijuana is different from alcohol in that it can be detected in the body for weeks after use. And a positive test doesn’t indicate current intoxication, Tishler said.

For people like Cristina Barbuto, using medicinal cannabis can mean having to choose between making a living and living in pain.

Barbuto, who has Crohn’s disease, was fired from a marketing job with Advantage Sales and Marketing in 2015 when she failed a drug test — a test she had already told her boss would test positive for marijuana. Though her boss said it wouldn’t be an issue given her medical status, Barbuto was fired after just one day on the job.

"Ms. Barbuto explained to ASM that she did not use marijuana daily and would never consume it before work or at work," her court appeal states.

But she was fired anyway. The reason? She said the business decided, “We follow federal law, not state law."

a similar case in Colorado, Coats v. Dish Network, the state’s highest court ruled companies can discriminate against employees who use weed, medically or recreationally.

 

[Pogo]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

FYI



Can a worker be fired for using medical cannabis?

• ERIN TIERNAN
  
• MARCH 17, 2017 5:00 AM

Courts, lawmakers ponder the question.

Can workers be fired for smoking medical cannabis when they’re off the clock?

That’s the question currently before the state’s highest court the legislature this session.

Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and in Washington, but because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, patients who use it aren’t necessarily afforded the same protections as patients who use more conventional medications like opioids. Workers can be fired from their jobs for failing a drug test, even if they can provide proof that they are a registered patient.

It’s a double standard Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs a pot-friendly practice, would like to see changed.

“I think absolutely this medicine should be treated with same regard as other medicines and as far as employees go; they should get the same protections as they do with other medications,” he said. “There’s no reason to treat it any differently than percocet, benzos, or frankly any non-dependency forming psychoactive medication.”

Marijuana is different from alcohol in that it can be detected in the body for weeks after use. And a positive test doesn’t indicate current intoxication, Tishler said.

For people like Cristina Barbuto, using medicinal cannabis can mean having to choose between making a living and living in pain.

Barbuto, who has Crohn’s disease, was fired from a marketing job with Advantage Sales and Marketing in 2015 when she failed a drug test — a test she had already told her boss would test positive for marijuana. Though her boss said it wouldn’t be an issue given her medical status, Barbuto was fired after just one day on the job.

"Ms. Barbuto explained to ASM that she did not use marijuana daily and would never consume it before work or at work," her court appeal states.

But she was fired anyway. The reason? She said the business decided, “We follow federal law, not state law."

NOBODY should ever consent to an employee piss test. Those that cave make the above scenario happen.

 

[Wyatt earp]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

FYI



Can a worker be fired for using medical cannabis?

• ERIN TIERNAN
  
• MARCH 17, 2017 5:00 AM

Courts, lawmakers ponder the question.

Can workers be fired for smoking medical cannabis when they’re off the clock?

That’s the question currently before the state’s highest court the legislature this session.

Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and in Washington, but because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, patients who use it aren’t necessarily afforded the same protections as patients who use more conventional medications like opioids. Workers can be fired from their jobs for failing a drug test, even if they can provide proof that they are a registered patient.

It’s a double standard Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs a pot-friendly practice, would like to see changed.

“I think absolutely this medicine should be treated with same regard as other medicines and as far as employees go; they should get the same protections as they do with other medications,” he said. “There’s no reason to treat it any differently than percocet, benzos, or frankly any non-dependency forming psychoactive medication.”

Marijuana is different from alcohol in that it can be detected in the body for weeks after use. And a positive test doesn’t indicate current intoxication, Tishler said.

For people like Cristina Barbuto, using medicinal cannabis can mean having to choose between making a living and living in pain.

Barbuto, who has Crohn’s disease, was fired from a marketing job with Advantage Sales and Marketing in 2015 when she failed a drug test — a test she had already told her boss would test positive for marijuana. Though her boss said it wouldn’t be an issue given her medical status, Barbuto was fired after just one day on the job.

"Ms. Barbuto explained to ASM that she did not use marijuana daily and would never consume it before work or at work," her court appeal states.

But she was fired anyway. The reason? She said the business decided, “We follow federal law, not state law."

NOBODY should ever consent to an employee piss test. Those that cave make the above scenario happen.

They just can fire you anyways or take a hair sample..

 

[JimBowie1958]

Colorado governor: State faces nearly $700M budget deficit

The article explains the problem.

Revenues are expected to grow by 4 percent this year and by more than 5 percent in fiscal year 2017-18.

But the report said that government spending can grow by less than 1 percent because of those spending mandates — as well as a requirement that the general fund reserve equal 6.5 percent of total spending.

Under the forecast, the government would have to issue $135 million in taxpayer refunds next fiscal year and $145 million in fiscal year 2018-19.

The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights requires refunds whenever revenues surpass a cap that is based on population growth and inflation.
​

Their revenues are increasing, but it has to be paid out to the citizens because of state tax payer rights laws, and requirements to put 6.5% in the general fund reserve.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

My half sister is getting out of Colorado Springs. She's going to Florida. Pot has made life miserable and dangerous.

Florida is working on legalizing it too, all 50 will end up doing it. No where to run and no different than booze.
Once legal it takes away the crime on it and stops cartels esp.

Florida is working on medical Marijuana but treating it like a narcotic.

 

[Pogo]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

FYI



Can a worker be fired for using medical cannabis?

• ERIN TIERNAN
  
• MARCH 17, 2017 5:00 AM

Courts, lawmakers ponder the question.

Can workers be fired for smoking medical cannabis when they’re off the clock?

That’s the question currently before the state’s highest court the legislature this session.

Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and in Washington, but because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, patients who use it aren’t necessarily afforded the same protections as patients who use more conventional medications like opioids. Workers can be fired from their jobs for failing a drug test, even if they can provide proof that they are a registered patient.

It’s a double standard Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs a pot-friendly practice, would like to see changed.

“I think absolutely this medicine should be treated with same regard as other medicines and as far as employees go; they should get the same protections as they do with other medications,” he said. “There’s no reason to treat it any differently than percocet, benzos, or frankly any non-dependency forming psychoactive medication.”

Marijuana is different from alcohol in that it can be detected in the body for weeks after use. And a positive test doesn’t indicate current intoxication, Tishler said.

For people like Cristina Barbuto, using medicinal cannabis can mean having to choose between making a living and living in pain.

Barbuto, who has Crohn’s disease, was fired from a marketing job with Advantage Sales and Marketing in 2015 when she failed a drug test — a test she had already told her boss would test positive for marijuana. Though her boss said it wouldn’t be an issue given her medical status, Barbuto was fired after just one day on the job.

"Ms. Barbuto explained to ASM that she did not use marijuana daily and would never consume it before work or at work," her court appeal states.

But she was fired anyway. The reason? She said the business decided, “We follow federal law, not state law."

NOBODY should ever consent to an employee piss test. Those that cave make the above scenario happen.

They just can fire you anyways or take a hair sample..

That's my point --- if wimps would stand up and just say no to this authoritarian shit, they would have to drop it. And then it wouldn't exist.

They can't function without workers.


"When they came for the potheads I said nothing....." etc

 

[Wyatt earp]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

FYI



Can a worker be fired for using medical cannabis?

• ERIN TIERNAN
  
• MARCH 17, 2017 5:00 AM

Courts, lawmakers ponder the question.

Can workers be fired for smoking medical cannabis when they’re off the clock?

That’s the question currently before the state’s highest court the legislature this session.

Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and in Washington, but because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, patients who use it aren’t necessarily afforded the same protections as patients who use more conventional medications like opioids. Workers can be fired from their jobs for failing a drug test, even if they can provide proof that they are a registered patient.

It’s a double standard Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs a pot-friendly practice, would like to see changed.

“I think absolutely this medicine should be treated with same regard as other medicines and as far as employees go; they should get the same protections as they do with other medications,” he said. “There’s no reason to treat it any differently than percocet, benzos, or frankly any non-dependency forming psychoactive medication.”

Marijuana is different from alcohol in that it can be detected in the body for weeks after use. And a positive test doesn’t indicate current intoxication, Tishler said.

For people like Cristina Barbuto, using medicinal cannabis can mean having to choose between making a living and living in pain.

Barbuto, who has Crohn’s disease, was fired from a marketing job with Advantage Sales and Marketing in 2015 when she failed a drug test — a test she had already told her boss would test positive for marijuana. Though her boss said it wouldn’t be an issue given her medical status, Barbuto was fired after just one day on the job.

"Ms. Barbuto explained to ASM that she did not use marijuana daily and would never consume it before work or at work," her court appeal states.

But she was fired anyway. The reason? She said the business decided, “We follow federal law, not state law."

NOBODY should ever consent to an employee piss test. Those that cave make the above scenario happen.

They just can fire you anyways or take a hair sample..

That's my point --- if wimps would stand up and just say no to this authoritarian shit, they would have to drop it. And then it wouldn't exist.

They can't function without workers.


"When they came for the potheads I said nothing....." etc

That reminds me of a funny story at my last company something happened on the night shift so they drug tested them all a few years back and more then half of them came up positive, so they said forget it and never did a random drug test again... Only if you got hurt.



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[ScienceRocks]

Legalize it nation wide...Stop the useless war on drugs.

 

[Pogo]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

FYI



Can a worker be fired for using medical cannabis?

• ERIN TIERNAN
  
• MARCH 17, 2017 5:00 AM

Courts, lawmakers ponder the question.

Can workers be fired for smoking medical cannabis when they’re off the clock?

That’s the question currently before the state’s highest court the legislature this session.

Medical marijuana is legal in 28 states and in Washington, but because cannabis is still illegal under federal law, patients who use it aren’t necessarily afforded the same protections as patients who use more conventional medications like opioids. Workers can be fired from their jobs for failing a drug test, even if they can provide proof that they are a registered patient.

It’s a double standard Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs a pot-friendly practice, would like to see changed.

“I think absolutely this medicine should be treated with same regard as other medicines and as far as employees go; they should get the same protections as they do with other medications,” he said. “There’s no reason to treat it any differently than percocet, benzos, or frankly any non-dependency forming psychoactive medication.”

Marijuana is different from alcohol in that it can be detected in the body for weeks after use. And a positive test doesn’t indicate current intoxication, Tishler said.

For people like Cristina Barbuto, using medicinal cannabis can mean having to choose between making a living and living in pain.

Barbuto, who has Crohn’s disease, was fired from a marketing job with Advantage Sales and Marketing in 2015 when she failed a drug test — a test she had already told her boss would test positive for marijuana. Though her boss said it wouldn’t be an issue given her medical status, Barbuto was fired after just one day on the job.

"Ms. Barbuto explained to ASM that she did not use marijuana daily and would never consume it before work or at work," her court appeal states.

But she was fired anyway. The reason? She said the business decided, “We follow federal law, not state law."

NOBODY should ever consent to an employee piss test. Those that cave make the above scenario happen.

They just can fire you anyways or take a hair sample..

That's my point --- if wimps would stand up and just say no to this authoritarian shit, they would have to drop it. And then it wouldn't exist.

They can't function without workers.


"When they came for the potheads I said nothing....." etc

That reminds me of a funny story at my last company something happened on the night shift so they drug tested them all a few years back and more then half of them came up positive, so they said forget it and never did a random drug test again... Only if you got hurt.



.

And even then it's bullshit if they're attributing a cause and effect that can't be proven.

That entire fake song and dance about workplace "safety" is a complete crock of shit. If safety was what they were really after they could simply administer a simple reflex test that would show if they were in poor condition, whether it was a drug, lack of sleep, alcohol, distraction out of domestic stuff, encroaching illness or whatever. And it would be both a lot cheaper and a lot more accurate.

Obviously that's not the goal. The goal is personal control. Always has been. Same goal as illegalizing cannabis in the first place.

 

[jillian]

In eight states and Washington D.C., adults can legally consume marijuana—and that could soon change to adults in all 50 states. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) recently introduced a bill that would make marijuana federally legal and allow the plant to be regulated as alcohol is in the U.S.

Marijuana could soon be legal for adults in all 50 states
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Just legalize it, people smoke it anyway. Booze is worse and always will be. Colorado is filthy rich because of it and had so much money left over from tax they were able to create housing and or help homeless people sorry can't recall which it was at the moment.

This money could be dumped into multiple areas.

And?

 

[JimBowie1958]

Legalize it nation wide...Stop the useless war on drugs.

OK, I am tired of this pretense; whoever you are - get off of Matthews account! You will cost him all of his libtards friends here.