Ohio - Issue 2

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Interestingly, the two biggest users of marijuana from my HS days, over 30 years ago, passed away from heart attacks. One was 48 and the other just a couple of months ago was 54.

No idea if there is a correlation but it is interesting. Neither lived really clean lives and I'm guessing both graduated to harder stuff for a little while. They both seemed to be doing reasonably well when they passed.
 
I have a question. If it is made legal what happens to companies with policies against using, such as machine operators, truckdrivers and the like?
 
ProV1 said:
Stop asking dumb questions. Can machine operators get drunk and go to work today?
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Cant be under the influence while on the job and if I could smell it you did not get to drive . So how do you know if a person is on weed? If you test them it can show up for weeks.
 
19AL63 said:
Cant be under the influence while on the job and if I could smell it you did not get to drive . So how do you know if a person is on weed? If you test them it can show up for weeks.
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That was not the question you asked. As for you next question, try to find the answer yourself.
 
Yappi said:
Interestingly, the two biggest users of marijuana from my HS days, over 30 years ago, passed away from heart attacks. One was 48 and the other just a couple of months ago was 54.

No idea if there is a correlation but it is interesting. Neither lived really clean lives and I'm guessing both graduated to harder stuff for a little while. They both seemed to be doing reasonably well when they passed.
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Did they get the jab?!?!? o_O o_O o_O
 
Yappi said:
Interestingly, the two biggest users of marijuana from my HS days, over 30 years ago, passed away from heart attacks. One was 48 and the other just a couple of months ago was 54.

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I do think that is a stretch Yappi. I have a friend from high school who did all kinds of acid back then and has been a coker his whole adult life and he's now 67 and still kicking. Now if you think the smoke in the lungs may have something to do with their heart attacks that would make more sense then just saying smoking marijuana specifically. I know someone now who has a medical card and is developing a smokers cough just like they would from smoking cigarettes. IMO I think it is the smoke on the lungs causing more of the health issues versus the drug content of pot.
 
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I'm not blaming the marijuana, I just thought it was an interesting anecdote. I'm at that age when people that I went to school with are slowly starting to die off. They stood out in school because of their heavy usage and interestingly were one of the first to pass away.
 
19AL63 said:
I have a question. If it is made legal what happens to companies with policies against using, such as machine operators, truckdrivers and the like?
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They say they want to treat Weed like Alcohol. Not legal to operate a machine,drive a truck or show up for work now under the influence of alcohol or drugs so I’d assume those policies would remain the same.
 
Smarty2022 said:
They say they want to treat Weed like Alcohol. Not legal to operate a machine,drive a truck or show up for work now under the influence of alcohol or drugs so I’d assume those policies would remain the same.
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You’ll most likely get fired but there’s no law I know of that makes that illegal.
 
19AL63 said:
I have a question. If it is made legal what happens to companies with policies against using, such as machine operators, truckdrivers and the like?
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They are under no obligation to change anything. Alcohol is legal. It’s not welcome in every setting.
 
MoeDude said:
I do think that is a stretch Yappi. I have a friend from high school who did all kinds of acid back then and has been a coker his whole adult life and he's now 67 and still kicking. Now if you think the smoke in the lungs may have something to do with their heart attacks that would make more sense then just saying smoking marijuana specifically. I know someone now who has a medical card and is developing a smokers cough just like they would from smoking cigarettes. IMO I think it is the smoke on the lungs causing more of the health issues versus the drug content of pot.
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It’s not legal to smoke medical weed. You’re supposed to vape it
 
Smarty2022 said:
They say they want to treat Weed like Alcohol. Not legal to operate a machine,drive a truck or show up for work now under the influence of alcohol or drugs so I’d assume those policies would remain the same.
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It does seem kind of unfair that weed remains in your system for so long that a person could get high on a Saturday and test positive for weed on Thursday and not be even remotely intoxicated, but until that gets adjudicated, one way or another, it’s easy enough to say that the testing works the same as it does for alcohol. It’s not as if there is some requirement for somebody blowing an alcohol DUI to also fail at the physical side of a field sobriety test.
 
Voted yes. It will be interesting to see that the loons in Columbus do. The President of the Senate has already talked about wanting to change a lot of it and hasn't ruled out repealing it completely to keep it from becoming law. But I expect this to pass very easily as it has become one of the few social issues with bipartisan support
 
I'm the enemy (55-year-old white dude) and I even voted yes. Then again, I'm also pro-choice, support gay marriage and voted for the devil, apparently, in '16 and '20.
 
In my community, Issue 1 was winning by a very large margin. Issue 2 was much closer. My community generally trends liberal, so it will be interesting to see if and by how much this passes. I will be shocked if it doesn't pass but would feel a little better if it was a close vote.

My community also voted by huge margins for three different tax levys. I'm getting to the point where I'm going to start refusing to vote for any levy. It will be my little protest as my vote doesn't appear to matter with taxes. People just want to keep adding to their tax burden with no end in sight.
 
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