MikeK
Gold Member
Why? How much does beverage alcohol policing cost? If marijuana is as legally available as beverage alcohol the criminal stigma will be eliminated -- as it was with booze when Prohibition was repealed.1. Marijuana policing is still going to cost billions.
If alcohol were illegal it wouldn't be legal to be drunk on most jobs either. Re: accidents: drug (and drunk) tests are required whether or not booze or marijuana use is legal. So this is an irrelevant issue.It is not legal to be stoned on most jobs, each accident requires a drug test, how much do you think that is going to cost?
Those who are inclined to misuse any mind-altering substance while performing a hazardous job will not be encouraged to do so by legal access. Such individuals are compulsive users and will pursue access whether their substance of choice is legally available or not. The same applies to those who are inclined to drive while impaired. They will do it whether their choice of drug is legal or not. The most effective deterrent to impaired driving is persistent public education.That does not include the numbers of injuries or deaths from a person thinking they can perform their hazardous job, stoned.
The simple fact of this matter is anyone who presently is inclined to use marijuana has no difficulty obtaining it. So the assumption that marijuana legalization will cause large numbers of presently constrained individuals to rush right out and buy an ounce is predicated on Reefer Madness propaganda. At the present time, those who are not inclined to use marijuana will not change their mindset if it is made legal.