Pubdate: Fri, 20 May 2016 Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Copyright: 2016 The Sacramento Bee Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/0n4cG7L1 Website: http://www.sacbee.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/376 Author: Bill Jurkovich MARIJUANA IS A PRETTY POISON Re "Firms struggle to find workers who can pass a drug test" (Page 1B, May 18): As society declines drug use increases as things worsen. Now businesses struggle to find persons who can pass a drug test. The main reason is marijuana. Some governments even promote it for tax income. Marijuana is affordable, simple and easy to use. It stinks, but leaves no aftereffects, no hangover. It impairs users, depressing their senses, relaxing them, causing euphoria and false perceptions, distorting reality. The effect varies depending on the person, the quality and quantity. There is no test for impairment, only for use. Under stress, an adrenaline surge can allow users to act normally for brief periods of time. Even "buzzed" their reactions and judgment have varied impairment, although they claim they are only "relaxed." Marijuana destroys initiative and families, habituating some and addicting others, although users don't perceive it. Marijuana is a pretty poison. It slowly destroys peoples' lives and society. Bill Jurkovich, Citrus Heights - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom