Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Letter to the editor:

Make weed legal if it’s done safely

I do not use marijuana, I made a decision more than 30 years ago to not use drugs or alcohol. Having said that, I believe certain drugs should be legalized if for no other reason than alcohol is legal.

The problem I find is this: How do you test to assure that people who show up for work are not impaired? With alcohol it is simple; you blow into a machine, and if you are impaired you go home. Marijuana is different. The THC stays in your system for weeks, if not months. So if you are at a party Saturday night and you smoke, how do you prove you did not ingest these substances on your way to work Monday?

Having worked in construction for more than 40 years, I have seen the bad that can happen when workers show up for work under the influence. If there is a way to make sure that anyone who chooses to put their fellow co-workers at risk can be sent home, then by all means, let’s make it possible for those who want to use pot instead of alcohol to do so. If you cannot assure this is the case, we will have to wait until technology makes it so.

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