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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by chadlavi on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @08:18PM (#20882724)
It seems the main way marijuana ruins lives is by being illegal to have.
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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by braythwayt on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @10:08PM (#20883265)
This reminds me of the old argument for barring homosexuals from serving in sensitive government positions.

Why?

"Vulnerable to blackmail."

Why vulnerable?

"Because they can be fired if the word gets out."

So what are you doing about it?

"Firing anyone we think is vulnerable."

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by inimino on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:54PM (#20912980)
To be fair, they could also be excommunicated, divorced, socially ostracized, and made unemployable everywhere, not just government jobs. So it's not quite as absurd as your presentation makes it seem. Anyone with a secret is potentially vulnerable to blackmail.
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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by refurb on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:48AM (#20883914)
That’s a very simplistic yet accurate statement.

We should be asking ourselves, are people better off after these laws are passed? Clearly not with marijuana.

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