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In reply to the discussion: How will over-the-limit, DUI driving infractions be determined [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)As I noted here a few years ago - any time people go through changes in legislation, even when the legislation is for the good, there is a backlash among authoritarians.
Anyone who makes him or herself a public figure in any sort of commercial venture in CO, for instance, will probably get targeted by the Feds.
But more and more people recognize what a failure the drug war has become and also know that cannabis use is less harmful than coffee use. Everything in moderation in the right set and setting... that's something that works in most aspects of life.
I think Americans are sick and tired of corporate control of their lives, their health care, their financial prospects, when those corporations turn around and act like the law and any sort of responsibility for one's own actions only applies to those who don't have the money to buy off the legal system.
Does nothing for those who want to find a job. But legalization (on the CO model, more than WA) does wonders for entrepreneurs and those who want to offer products that are more earth friendly in just about every area of manufacturing, from car bodies and their fuel to hemp seed food products (which aren't psychotropic, btw.)
This law is not just about those who use recreationally. Too bad those same companies don't force their employees to take home a piss test for Saturday night. But discrimination under the law is as American as apple pie.