Fred:
I would have to reply with an "ABSOLUTELY NOT" in response to your following question:
Quote:Would you want police officers on your dept that smoked marijuana on a casual basis? Its bad enough that many of them are alcoholics, but pot heads and drunks....Just imagine a stoned police officer showing up to your house and they get paranoid.
What I believe to be absolutely acceptable, however, is the idea of police officers using marijuana on an
occassional basis. I expressed this exact opinion in my prior post:
Quote:I hope you would agree with me in the sense that I wouldn't care having someone protecting and serving me who takes a couple hits of weed once every so often
on a day off...
Not only did I suggest that occassional usage should be carried out on a day off--I even went as far as saying "a couple of hits," which is surely enough THC (without abusing) to produce a nice effect for the occassional user.
What does an "occassional basis" mean to me? Ohh...maybe once every two to three weeks. Anyone who has ever used marijuana on an occassional--or consistent--basis is clearly aware of how harmless occassional use is (and when I say harmless, I'm refering not only to one's physical health, but also one's mental health).
And just for argument's sake, let me leave you with the last figures I was presented with:
Alcohol is correlated with 60+% of all fatal car accidents, and with over 40% of violent crimes. Hundreds die each year from alcohol poisoning--a form of an overdose.
Cigarettes are responsible for over 100,000 deaths per year for users, and 40,000 deaths per year for second-hand smoke victims.
Marijuana has never led to an acute death (overdose) because it is not possible to overdose on THC, and, while it is clearly possible that long-term chronic users may run a higher risk of attaining lung cancer, there are no studies that show that occassional/moderate use leads to lung cancer.
You be the judge. I've already based my opinions on personal experience, observation, statistics, and most importantly: LOGIC. This country would be a hell of a lot better off if most people would do the same and not be led around like a bunch of blind sheep who need to ask how to wipe their asses.
Ohh wait...sheep don't wipe their asses.