How high is too High

Legalization of Marijuana is all the rage in both Canada and those United States…web is saturated with your best chance to make a million on Marijuana.
And some will. More will smoke it, chew it, lick it, vape it, drop some under the tongue as the ways of getting high on pot, up to now available only as a med or from some dealer, unless you were a grower for personal use only, of course.

I’ve never smoked it and my diet prevents me from taking it in brownies or cookies but I have for years advocated its legalization!  And why not?  Governments for decades have complained about the lack of funds so they “can do right” by the people they serve!  Of course we know the undying political desire to serve doesn’t find itself very far from the politician in question,  But we leave that subject for another time.

Legalization of Pot is a money maker.  Colorado has collected millions in tax dollars in less than two years.  California expects a fragrant windfall that will solve many of it’s problems thereby giving taxpayers some relief from high and higher tariffs!  And here in Canada the whole country is going to pot sometime after our National Birthday celebrations( July first-Donald.)  The anticipation is as feverish as the preparations.  But not enough of the planning has turned to what to do about getting high in the workplace!

The problem is obvious as underscored  in the New York Times February 25th…the writer Farhad Manjoo noted that the increasing ways of administering pot will eventually , “make cannabis convenient and ubiquitous.”  He notes, “by breaking marijuana free from smoking and its paraphernalia, new delivery methods are helping cannabis grab a mainstream audience.”  And obviously detection  will be more difficult.  If you can drop some cannabis infused tincture under the tongue to be absorbed within minutes” yielding

an invisible, odorlesss , private high”, the bathroom break will have a new meaningful, two fold purpose!  Who will know?

Last week a conference underscored the fact that the government that will be legalizing cannabis for the nation is not prepared for widespread problems in the work place.  Health Canada’s website makes a passing reference to the concerns expressed by executives in safety-sensitive industries: health, oil and gas transportation.

It greets these concerns with a throwaway note, “impairment in the workplace is not a new issue, and is not limited to cannabis.”   And, “it’s a topic  of an ongoing dialogue with ministers of labour from all jurisdictions.”  Talk.  Talk. Talk.  At the conference a Human Resources executive noted,” there is a sense in the overall employer community that not enough attention is being paid by government and law enforcement to workplace impacts.”

One statistic released by the Canadian Cannabis Survey suggests that many more in the work place will be looking for that Cannabis High than people who now drink on the job.

It revealed that 21.5% of some 10-thousand respondents admitted to using marijuana to get high before or during work last year.  7.7% said they do so weekly..and even daily.

And the approval to use cannabis was not yet.  How many more will welcome its legal status by sucking on a lozenge, chewing gum, applying unguents.

It’s unfortunate but Legalization of Marijuana will double your chances of dealing with a stoned clerk, taxi driver or waiter…….

Please accelerate the training of robots.  The chances are they will be cold, stoned sober!!!