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S-Mart-manager t1_j0vu48n wrote

It’s never going to get legalized here until the state can sell it in their state liquor stores. Since marijuana is illegal on a federal level meaning banks won’t fund you for purchasing illegal drugs a.k.a. why you can’t use a credit card to buy weed at a dispensary in Massachusetts because it’s not federally insured because it’s illegal. Just like anything , the right hands have to get the money.

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Ghozt84 t1_j0w35zz wrote

Also, it would require state employees to sell it, those same employees that can be piss tested and fired for the same use of said substance. This puts them in a very odd pickle, do you exempt these employees now? How does that make the rest of the desk jockeys and folks not working with heavy machinery feel.

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GirthBrooks__12 t1_j0wctvl wrote

State desk jockeys are not subject to piss testing as a matter of course. Folks working with heavy machinery will always be drug tested. It's heavy machinery. Terrible things can happen any minute. Anyone working one of those jobs knows it is always a target for drug testing.

Also, anyone would be fired for showing up to their job drunk, even if it was at a liquor store. There is no irony there. You can't go to work impaired.

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MeEvilBob t1_j0x7a4y wrote

Ski lift operators operate massive machines that carry hundreds of people to the top of a mountain. I did that job for 8 winters and was never piss tested even once.

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ninetales1234 t1_j0y1foc wrote

This can be assuaged by accepting other forms of payment, such as currencies that the establishment can't stop them from using, like cryptocurrencies.

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nill0c t1_j0yg52o wrote

Because dispensaries like charging $130, no wait, $300, no wait $30 an ounce.

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cat-gun t1_j0x5zhe wrote

Yes, much better to put innocent people in cages.

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complexspoonie t1_j0y05rq wrote

Why not? That's what NH has been doing for 2+ years to low income disabled & elderly who used to get home care supports.

You don't even get your own room, you only get half. One tiny bureau, half closet, twin bed, a chair. And a big lock on all the doors.

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mrlolloran t1_j0x6bvt wrote

I don’t think it’s ever been that big of a concern and the risk isn’t on the state, not unless they actually do put it in their state liquor stores

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ZeBrownRanger t1_j0yihvp wrote

Wait... The state owns liquor stores? Moving here soon so forgive my ignorance.

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