October 30th, 2013 at 3:55 PM ^
um.....ok
October 30th, 2013 at 3:56 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 3:58 PM ^
No one gets fired or asked to resign for attending an event where weed is smoked. Any person that ever went to a concert would be elligible to be fired. And hell, even if Pelini smoked weed, that's not something you get fired for without a bunch of other stuff preceeding it.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:00 PM ^
when you're.....living in a van down by the river!!
October 30th, 2013 at 9:50 PM ^
mgopoints for that one
October 31st, 2013 at 10:57 AM ^
Totally awesome, that was a great skit.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
Um....different "alleged" issue is being rumored to have occured. One that he previously "allegedly" had fallen prey to at Nebraska.
Allegedly.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:12 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:13 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:42 PM ^
Story's been updated. It's drugs not women (this time). Man Carl seems like he'd be a hell of a lot of fun to play for dont you think?
October 30th, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
#RememberThe5Joints
October 30th, 2013 at 7:54 PM ^
Well, because smoking 5 joints is wonderful. Killing 5 hookers, like Craig James may or may not have done, is terrible.
October 30th, 2013 at 9:47 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
Guess what. You've all posted in a thread in which a guy who has smoked pot has posted.
Fired, all of you.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:33 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 7:55 PM ^
Yeah its pretty awesome.
October 30th, 2013 at 5:39 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:12 PM ^
Maybe he grew disillusioned with being a HC and noticed that the defense at Nebraska is a dumpster fire. I think Carl's headed back to Lincoln.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:33 PM ^
Eh, it is by the literal definition of the word. The question is should it be stigmatized and illegalized to the extent that we do when other drugs (tobacco and alcohol have far more harmful side effects) are perfectly legal.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:35 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:38 PM ^
Or the thread will go up in smoke.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:40 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:44 PM ^
Ya I mean it's laymens terms vs. science .
Coffee is considered a drug if you go by the latter's definition.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:49 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 5:19 PM ^
Companies usually only test and won't hire you for doing one of the three things you listed.
October 30th, 2013 at 5:50 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 6:08 PM ^
No that part escaped me. Failing a drug test due to marijuanna use and losing a job oppurtunity is enough for me to hold it on a different level than caffeine and alcohol and I'm not alone on that. If you want to lump it together with alcohol because you enjoy weed then whatever, it's still a tangible difference.
They definitely do care if you use marijuanna lightly. Companies pay to have potential employees hair tested for a reason. And I'm not sure what remote island this company is stuck on with two prospective employees with drug addictions, but yeah, no real company is going to hire either of those people if they can figure that circumstance out before hand.
October 30th, 2013 at 6:27 PM ^
Places are increasingly (think hospitals) testing for nicotene and not hiring based on that positive test, citing rising insurance premiums as a major factor -- although some laws are on the books against this in certain states citing 'smokers' rights'.
I guess the issue I take with this is let's say tomorrow Congress legalizes weed, your opinion changes?
Leaving aside the caffeine issue, because that was more of a semantical debate I was having with Wolvin about how encompassing the term drug can be, I think without that legislation, you should be able to differntiate between the effects of alcohol on a person vs. alcohol and tobacco.
October 30th, 2013 at 8:08 PM ^
I agree with goblue20111 that the big difference (not sure if it's tangible or if that's even a possible state for a difference) is legality. If we woke up tomorrow morning and weed was legal, would you still think it's worse than alcohol?
Most companies' marijuana tests allow for a fairly significant amount of marijuana in your blood, but different than a test they use to probation, for example. They're not looking the occasional user, they're looking for the total pothead, which I can understand.
That said, most employers are more concerned with alchohol than they are with marijuana. Outside of using it on the job (which would be an equally big problem with alcohol) there are few ways that marijuana can negatively affect your job performance. Someone showing up hungover, however, is a very common problem for employers. And with DUIs having harsher penalties, having an employee lose his ability to drive can be a deal breaker (like it is for me).
Outside of "is illegal" are there reasons you disagree?
October 31st, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
there are few ways that marijuana can negatively affect your job performance.
This isn't really true. Studies have shown that marijuana can have effects on a person's cognition, in areas like memory and attention, for several days afterwards. It's not as blatantly obvious as drunkenness but the effects last longer. It can take a few weeks for the negative effects to completely disappear.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:45 PM ^
it's a tax issue. Most people cant grow enough tobacco to support a smokers habit, drinkers tend to be social even when you dont want them to be but anyone can grow 6 or more plants and smoke out all day. You can support you own habit without buying weed from a store and paying taxes. They could tax pipes or papers but come on how many weed smokers have smoked out of a coke can or a windex bottle
October 30th, 2013 at 5:23 PM ^
I don't get why people think that an inability to comercialize weed is the thing keeping it from becoming legal. Damn near everyone can make a hamburger or a sandwich, but somehow Subway and McDonalds are still around. People will pay for convience and quality.
October 30th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
You make an excellent point. In addition, people act like you throw some seeds in the ground and kush comes out. Growing quality marijuana is A LOT of work and isn't cheap. It's much easier to grow good vegetables/produce than good marijuana, and I don't see the produce section disappearing out of grocery stores. People aren't going to start making the capital investments and commit the time to growing good marijuana just because it is legal. They will walk their soon-to-be-happy asses to the store and buy it like Americans do everything else (I am including myself in that statement).
October 30th, 2013 at 10:04 PM ^
You might not get the top shelf stuff just by throwing seeds on the ground, but if you live in a part of the country with enough sunshine and long enough summers, it's not hard to grow decent pot.
October 31st, 2013 at 2:14 AM ^
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October 30th, 2013 at 4:16 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:22 PM ^
It was with Johnny Hopkins and Sloan Kettering... and they were blazing that shit up every day.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:35 PM ^
October 30th, 2013 at 4:37 PM ^
the reverberations will be felt throughout the coaching world. Maybe Nick Saban or Lane Kiffin will take the job.
October 30th, 2013 at 5:20 PM ^
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October 30th, 2013 at 4:42 PM ^
That's why he told their qb to spike on 4 down this year
October 30th, 2013 at 5:47 PM ^
...actually makes a lot of sense.
October 30th, 2013 at 4:59 PM ^
Think of all of the Doritos who have lost their lives to that terrible beast.