Any suggestion that pot is as dangerous as cigarettes is looney.
Cigarettes kill 400,000 people in the US per year.  All illegal drugs
amount at most to a couple of thousand.
And of course that other legal drug, alcohol kills some 40,000.In the US.
wcm
>
> In a message dated 1/4/98 5:06:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> << Cameras at work will not be used to increase your safety - if you work in a
>  similar situation to me, or to almost anyone I know, it's the *workers* who
>  notice unsafe things, and then report them to management, where they are
>  dutifully ignored.  I've been in places where there are exceptions to this
>  rule, but not many.
>
>
> This is VERY true.  If the person monitoring the cameras does not report or
> more typically does not recognize danger, then the cameras are useless.
>
>  <This is kind of alarming.  Let's say, *hypothetically*, I smoke marijuana
>  at home, after work hours.  Traces of dope will remain in my blood for
>  about three weeks, or so I've heard.  So, if I've smoked dope at any stage
>  in the past three weeks before my blood test, I'll lose my job.  Is dope a
>  "serious problem"?  If you accept that cigarettes are, then dope is, but
>  surely it isn't?  What right does a government have to regulate what I can
>  and can not put into my body?>
>
> Cigarettes and marijuana pose a similar threat as carcinogens. But, marijuana
> involves several 'scenes.' The buying, possession, and use of marijuana may
> create dangerous situations with sellers, with police, and with fellow users.
> All three situations involve an increased risk of violence.  Marijuana does
> cause a physiological reaction which impairs perception and judgement, and may
> lead to
> violence.  Let's face it, people who are high are a lot more sensitive. As for
> alcohol,
> forget about it.
>