Anecdotally, many of the true potheads in high school remained lackadaisical and unmotivated even now, forty or fifty years later. Perhaps they were always that way ... but I know that a couple of them were not.
Because the consequences aren't limited to "said adults", we have laws. Imo, the tax money derived from recreational drugs won't cover the consequences, just give it some time. What's next, tax prostitution? As time marches on I see nothing but degeneration everywhere. If you want consequences to be the responsibility of "said adults" then let mile high pilots fly over the heads of the "said adults" in the states who are in favor of it.
We live in different worlds, apparently. People who will use powerful drugs will do so, and those who will not, will not. The war on drugs has created the same type of criminal organizations that appeared during Prohibition. People will consort with prostitutes; it's not called "the oldest profession" for nothing.
The name, definitely. But also the tone of the opinion. Virginia argued that because the law applied equally to the white man and the black woman, it was not discriminatory. The SCOTUS response was essentially, "no, that's not how it works."
Sorry, but there really IS no state where it’s legal. There are states like CO that have removed the state laws against personal use or whatever, but it’s still against federal law no matter what state you’re in.
Yes, and Potter Stewart made it pretty darn clear: I have previously expressed the belief that "it is simply not possible for a state law to be valid under our Constitution which makes the criminality of an act depend upon the race of the actor." Both in Loving and McLaughlin, Stewart makes it clear that anything that uses race as a qualification is going to be unconstitutional. He was ahead of the rest of the court on that.
as to the ibuprofen, good thing you stopped before your kidneys did.
Pretty much this. THC can be detected for as much a 90 days depending on the test used. In this day of random drug testing, any pilot, or aviation-career aspirant that uses marijuana, medical or otherwise, is indeed not smart enough to be at the controls of an airliner that I’m flying in.
just cuz it's legal doesn't mean you should given your career aspirations. we've all made mistakes. welcome to the club.
Prohibition of drugs is a relatively modern thing in the USA. It’s way more expensive than education and rehabilitation. I don’t think you have really looked at the true costs associated with our drug policies.
..and Bo is always the answer (even when it's not)
this is what I always ask people as well who defend people with outrageous lapses in judgment. The DUI thing always gets me. They drill in the risks of DUIs in road school, you hear about it all the time, you always read about innocent people dying from drunk driving accidents.. and yet you still get people who drive drunk (which already shows bad judgment, and is a remarkably selfish thing to do), get a DUI (how trashed do you have to be to actually get caught.. (wow), and then have the audacity to pursue a flying career, something that requires strong judgment.
But it's almost never just a "one dumb thing" wrong place wrong time issue. There's a whole series of judgment items that gets called into question, (A) if you know your employer drug tests then why risk your job in the first place, aviation agnostic, and (B) if you are trying to get your pilot license why do something you know is federally illegal? Even if you don't get drug tested, you're basically perjuring yourself on the forms when you answer "no" to the smoking pot question
I bet if I knew everything about you I could make a long list of dumb **** you have done in life. I bet you learned from them too. Thankfully getting a DUI, especially with our current legal standards, does not preclude someone from being an aviator.
For sure. And that list probably grows for all of us. We learn. But I was raised with a fairly strong fear of the government (parents immigrants from a communist country), so legal compliance was always something that I get very paranoid over. Luckily (or unluckily) my mistakes are generally relegated to involving career choices, women, and posts on PoA
..one can only hope
that's a whole other topic for a thread that would likely get locked. But I generally agree. Prison really doesn't rehab people, it removes them from society (good, in the short run) but you don't actually cure these people in the long run.. actually life is much harder for these folks, they're "starting line" so to speak has been moved way back, even after they've done their time. But it's a sticky and not very glamorous topic, like homelessness and mental health, so people (voters and politicians alike) generally avoid it
Indeed they do. There are real underlying social problems in this country that no one wants to deal with and they manifest themselves in many ways that are disturbing. I agree we can’t talk about it here. Perhaps over a few beers one day when neither one of us has to drive. Then... on that day we can solve all of America’s problems.
By fairly modern, you mean it's newer than aviation, but not by much. The prohibitions started federally in 1915.
Yep
Sure. Depending on the situation, it may only be misdemeanor. But possibly a felony.
If you're going to consider an oil change with synthetic, just remember what happened with Mobil1.