Comments on: Workers still using illegal drugs http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/ The Wichita Eagle Editorial Department Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:44:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Todd http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214394 Todd Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:25:58 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214394 With the advent of vaporizers, there is no need to actually smoke marijuana. These devices release the active ingredient in marijuana without actually burning it. With the advent of vaporizers, there is no need to actually smoke marijuana. These devices release the active ingredient in marijuana without actually burning it.

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214393 Jed Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:50:11 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214393 "Uses of medical marijuana where the THC is purified is much different than inhalation of the smoke which has many undesirable contaminants." Unfortunately though, marinol capsules aren't dissolved in time to prevent them from being vomited out by the nausea they were intended to treat. “Uses of medical marijuana where the THC is purified is much different than inhalation of the smoke which has many undesirable contaminants.”

Unfortunately though, marinol capsules aren’t dissolved in time to prevent them from being vomited out by the nausea they were intended to treat.

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214392 Jed Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:38:32 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214392 "That is, why do you need a drug in the first place to get you through the day?" It probably starts upon waking and discovering he's still stuck in Kansas. The character flaw that causes this is probably intelligence, and it's the only way he can go out and deal with you redneck imbecils every day! “That is, why do you need a drug in the first place to get you through the day?”

It probably starts upon waking and discovering he’s still stuck in Kansas. The character flaw that causes this is probably intelligence, and it’s the only way he can go out and deal with you redneck imbecils every day!

]]> By: Rage http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214391 Rage Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:49:08 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214391 "was" taking (I type fast, and rarely proofread! -- so there! :-) “was” taking (I type fast, and rarely proofread! — so there! :-)

]]> By: Rage http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214390 Rage Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:46:24 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214390 A few centuries ago, when I taking my third semester of calculus, I would often smoke a few bowls, lay back, and close my eyes. It helped me visualize the 3D figures. My understanding of the Jacobian occurred about 2 minutes after I had set the bong down. A few centuries ago, when I taking my third semester of calculus, I would often smoke a few bowls, lay back, and close my eyes. It helped me visualize the 3D figures.

My understanding of the Jacobian occurred about 2 minutes after I had set the bong down.

]]> By: Todd http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214389 Todd Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:28:52 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214389 "There is an ample amount of alternatives to using marijuana for anything medically related." So what? That's not much of an argument against using it. “There is an ample amount of alternatives to using marijuana for anything medically related.”

So what? That’s not much of an argument against using it.

]]> By: Tara http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214388 Tara Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:20:07 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214388 "Uses of medical marijuana where the THC is purified is much different than inhalation of the smoke which has many undesirable contaminants." It is probably better to avoid smoking pot. Inhaling the smoke of any burning material has bad effects. However, vaporizing or eating would eliminate these effects. If you can back up this post with studies on "undesireable contaminants" in cannabis which present significant health risks, I invite you to do so. PubMed would be a good place to start looking. Otherwise, your post is just blowing smoke. <a href="http://www.pubmed.gov" rel="nofollow">http://www.pubmed.gov</a> to give you a jump start :) “Uses of medical marijuana where the THC is purified is much different than inhalation of the smoke which has many undesirable contaminants.”

It is probably better to avoid smoking pot. Inhaling the smoke of any burning material has bad effects. However, vaporizing or eating would eliminate these effects.

If you can back up this post with studies on “undesireable contaminants” in cannabis which present significant health risks, I invite you to do so. PubMed would be a good place to start looking. Otherwise, your post is just blowing smoke.

http://www.pubmed.gov to give you a jump start :)

]]> By: Tara http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214387 Tara Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:58:50 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214387 I don't believe that there is any difference between drinking alcohol and smoking pot, aside from the legality status. Generally speaking, alcohol tends you make you reckless, while pot makes you paranoid. Alcohol can induce violence, while pot can induce laziness. An excessive amount of alcohol in one sitting can make your heart stop beating and your breathing cease, and an excessive amount of pot in one sitting can make you think you're dying, until you sleep it off. Both substances can be used responsibly, in moderation, without affecting one's ability to funtion. But the effects of alcohol abuse are far more dangerous than the effects of marijuana abuse. Clearly, the drug laws against marijuana are not based on the concept of harm reduction (which is what drug laws SHOULD be based on), but on something else. What that something else is up for debate: I personally think that many drug companies would suffer great financial losses if a potent pain and nausea reliever was available to everyone without cost. If people could grow their own pot for nausea and pain relief, why would they shell out hundreds of dollars on pharmaceuticals? That's not a good reason to pass a law--protecting the profits of drug companies. And, Kansas, before you ask: I don't feel the need to use drugs. I just enjoy them. Nothing like kicking back a few cold ones on a Saturday night with friends at the bar, or smoking a joint and discussing the intricities of Harry Potter. I don't touch anything else. And since I can still pull perfect grades in a rigorous graduate program, earn glowing recommendations from respected professors and design kick-ass research projects with limited funding, I'm not too worried about my "vice". Everything in moderation :) I don’t believe that there is any difference between drinking alcohol and smoking pot, aside from the legality status. Generally speaking, alcohol tends you make you reckless, while pot makes you paranoid. Alcohol can induce violence, while pot can induce laziness. An excessive amount of alcohol in one sitting can make your heart stop beating and your breathing cease, and an excessive amount of pot in one sitting can make you think you’re dying, until you sleep it off.

Both substances can be used responsibly, in moderation, without affecting one’s ability to funtion. But the effects of alcohol abuse are far more dangerous than the effects of marijuana abuse.

Clearly, the drug laws against marijuana are not based on the concept of harm reduction (which is what drug laws SHOULD be based on), but on something else. What that something else is up for debate: I personally think that many drug companies would suffer great financial losses if a potent pain and nausea reliever was available to everyone without cost. If people could grow their own pot for nausea and pain relief, why would they shell out hundreds of dollars on pharmaceuticals?

That’s not a good reason to pass a law–protecting the profits of drug companies.

And, Kansas, before you ask: I don’t feel the need to use drugs. I just enjoy them. Nothing like kicking back a few cold ones on a Saturday night with friends at the bar, or smoking a joint and discussing the intricities of Harry Potter. I don’t touch anything else. And since I can still pull perfect grades in a rigorous graduate program, earn glowing recommendations from respected professors and design kick-ass research projects with limited funding, I’m not too worried about my “vice”.

Everything in moderation :)

]]> By: Kansas http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214386 Kansas Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:57:38 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214386 Yoyvay Smithstein Huspa Uses of medical marijuana where the THC is purified is much different than inhalation of the smoke which has many undesirable contaminants. Besides, in some states medical marijuana is approved. I have no problem with medical use of the drug. Yoyvay Smithstein Huspa

Uses of medical marijuana where the THC is purified is much different than inhalation of the smoke which has many undesirable contaminants.

Besides, in some states medical marijuana is approved. I have no problem with medical use of the drug.

]]> By: Kansas http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214385 Kansas Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:55:24 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214385 Why did you use them Kev? It's a basic question and key to the answer to drug use/abuse in general. Why did you use them Kev?

It’s a basic question and key to the answer to drug use/abuse in general.

]]> By: Kev http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214384 Kev Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:48:45 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214384 It may be "your business" Kev, but the question remains unanswered. Why do you feel the need to use drugs? What is it about your character that is deficient that you feel you need drugs to feel good or cope with life?" I have, in my past, used various drugs but I quit using all of them years ago. I just do not think marijuana is that big a deal. To me it is less than hard liquor as an intoxicant and less habit forming than cigarettes. It may be “your business” Kev, but the question remains unanswered.

Why do you feel the need to use drugs?

What is it about your character that is deficient that you feel you need drugs to feel good or cope with life?”

I have, in my past, used various drugs but I quit using all of them years ago. I just do not think marijuana is that big a deal. To me it is less than hard liquor as an intoxicant and less habit forming than cigarettes.

]]> By: Beerhead S. Willin Nazi http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214383 Beerhead S. Willin Nazi Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214383 Pothead, Now that's original, How did you get so creative, hey try these, Tea Head, Zig Zag man, ganja guru, redeyed stoner, weasel wanker, good lover, well hung stud bangin your girlfriend, Puff the magic Dragon, Sinsemilla slave, cannabis creton, hophead, wasted wanker, high as a kite holy man, hillbilly killer, redneck skull chewin assassin, Usama bin wit you mama, tokin tyrants, shiznit shiva, bang and gong, luvvin yo wife, hightimes hooligan, undoctrinated users, hippy, trippy, mexican moocher, and enemy elixir. I don't even smoke da shiznit, but at least I'm open minded, considering this summer Bush/Cheney will orchestrate another terror attack using the inside job Israeli Mossd agents to set the stage for the police state you so love. So Potheads will no longer be the only oppressed, all the rest of you will be oppressed. Used to be Americans hated the commies in russia and it was better to be dead than red, and by the way mr. beerhead servant of government, you can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. Phuck socialist anti-drug beerheads, cigaretteheads and walmart heads, along with cheeseburger chokin fat white boys with little teeny tiny peckers. Thats why Usama binwit Yomama.Bush initiates construction of Internment camps across the US to accommodate gun toting fanatics of freedom. Pothead, Now that’s original, How did you get so creative, hey try these, Tea Head, Zig Zag man, ganja guru, redeyed stoner, weasel wanker, good lover, well hung stud bangin your girlfriend, Puff the magic Dragon, Sinsemilla slave, cannabis creton, hophead, wasted wanker, high as a kite holy man, hillbilly killer, redneck skull chewin assassin, Usama bin wit you mama, tokin tyrants, shiznit shiva, bang and gong, luvvin yo wife, hightimes hooligan, undoctrinated users, hippy, trippy, mexican moocher, and enemy elixir. I don’t even smoke da shiznit, but at least I’m open minded, considering this summer Bush/Cheney will orchestrate another terror attack using the inside job Israeli Mossd agents to set the stage for the police state you so love. So Potheads will no longer be the only oppressed, all the rest of you will be oppressed. Used to be Americans hated the commies in russia and it was better to be dead than red, and by the way mr. beerhead servant of government, you can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. Phuck socialist anti-drug beerheads, cigaretteheads and walmart heads, along with cheeseburger chokin fat white boys with little teeny tiny peckers. Thats why Usama binwit Yomama.Bush initiates construction of Internment camps across the US to accommodate gun toting fanatics of freedom.

]]> By: Yoyvay Smithstein Huspa http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214382 Yoyvay Smithstein Huspa Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:03:36 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214382 Actually Nathan; scientist are astounded at the ability of THC to protect nerve endings in the brain from glutamine toxicity. After severe head injuries the brain releases toxic amounts of glutamic acid which destroy the nerve endings in the brain resulting in permanent brain damage. TetrahydroCannibionl coats and protects the nerve endings long enough that no damage occurs. The main oils in "marijuana seeds" are the well known class of Omega's, for youthey are; Gamma-Linoleic acid, Linolenic acid, and Arachidonic acid-the endogenous ligand activator for the cannibinoid receptor found in the brain. As a treatment for nausea, more than 30 million smokers can attest to its quality in alleviating(treating) nausea. Also the plants are used in other countries to treat highly contaminated soils, findings show that the Hemp plant removes toxic heavy metals from the soil, after which the plants are incinerated and the ash buried safely.Hundreds of valid double blind studies show beyond any doubt that marijuana contains so many active chemicals that elicit strong pharmacological activities.So after you go to med schoold and read all the data out there, I don't think you are qualified to pass of biased anti-drug rhetoric as fact.The fact is, people who cant handle smoking grass, probably don't have the mental capacity to look at an issue objectively and investigate both sides of the issued extensively and thoroughly.Get Back to me when you've done your research, start with MedLine, an online database of millions of triple blind scientific studies. Study your history books and learn about the Hearst Media empire, from thereyou might want to study Glutamine Toxicity. Also the ability of the plant to reduce eye pressure in Glaucoma patients by up to 60 percent, as compared to synthetic drugs at 30 percent. So yeah it does treat alot of things, including the relaxation of the muscles between the ears of uptight redneck anti-hippy socialist party members. Actually Nathan; scientist are astounded at the ability of THC to protect nerve endings in the brain from glutamine toxicity. After severe head injuries the brain releases toxic amounts of glutamic acid which destroy the nerve endings in the brain resulting in permanent brain damage. TetrahydroCannibionl coats and protects the nerve endings long enough that no damage occurs. The main oils in “marijuana seeds” are the well known class of Omega’s, for youthey are; Gamma-Linoleic acid, Linolenic acid, and Arachidonic acid-the endogenous ligand activator for the cannibinoid receptor found in the brain. As a treatment for nausea, more than 30 million smokers can attest to its quality in alleviating(treating) nausea. Also the plants are used in other countries to treat highly contaminated soils, findings show that the Hemp plant removes toxic heavy metals from the soil, after which the plants are incinerated and the ash buried safely.Hundreds of valid double blind studies show beyond any doubt that marijuana contains so many active chemicals that elicit strong pharmacological activities.So after you go to med schoold and read all the data out there, I don’t think you are qualified to pass of biased anti-drug rhetoric as fact.The fact is, people who cant handle smoking grass, probably don’t have the mental capacity to look at an issue objectively and investigate both sides of the issued extensively and thoroughly.Get Back to me when you’ve done your research, start with MedLine, an online database of millions of triple blind scientific studies. Study your history books and learn about the Hearst Media empire, from thereyou might want to study Glutamine Toxicity. Also the ability of the plant to reduce eye pressure in Glaucoma patients by up to 60 percent, as compared to synthetic drugs at 30 percent. So yeah it does treat alot of things, including the relaxation of the muscles between the ears of uptight redneck anti-hippy socialist party members.

]]> By: Smith Oyvay Smithstein Huspa http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214381 Smith Oyvay Smithstein Huspa Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:45:52 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214381 I love Kansas, aka Rhonda Holman.She is so witty and curious, and;we all know that witty and curiouswomen like her could feel the need some day. So if you really want to know Miss Kansas, why don't you toke up a big fat Cheech and Chong sized joint, rip off your threads and run down the street al la naturale. Or perhaps just bake up a big batch of 'bong hits for jesus' brownies and eat the whole batch.Do you ever feel the need for living the vida loca, ever want to leave your prudish senior citizen prison and enter the realm of auditory and optical paradise, ever want to feel love and empathy for everyone you meet, ever wanted to say Peace baby I love you, and smell the flowers of life under the spell of the sacred herb. Yes you have.Most of us have drank alcohol or smoked a cigarette, and then we decided why and whether we enjoyed its affects. All foods contain chemicals that function to alter mood and character, recent finding suggest ADHD predominates in children with low iron levels. Hence one a day vitamins, used to be the norm in the 60's, but todays kids are lacking.So people feel the need to eat food so that they feel better, same goes for the soon to be legal plant-MaryJaneYouWanna-surewhy not and give ole Kansas bags a toke, her character is as defiecient as an anhorexic crack whore on decaffeinated feel good beverages. Nah just kidding Kans and Ass, your really alright, you could have been my mother, nag nag, insult, degrade, nagg, insinuate, obfuscate, obliterate and irate. Aaaaahhhhh. I love Kansas, aka Rhonda Holman.She is so witty and curious, and;we all know that witty and curiouswomen like her could feel the need some day. So if you really want to know Miss Kansas, why don’t you toke up a big fat Cheech and Chong sized joint, rip off your threads and run down the street al la naturale. Or perhaps just bake up a big batch of ‘bong hits for jesus’ brownies and eat the whole batch.Do you ever feel the need for living the vida loca, ever want to leave your prudish senior citizen prison and enter the realm of auditory and optical paradise, ever want to feel love and empathy for everyone you meet, ever wanted to say Peace baby I love you, and smell the flowers of life under the spell of the sacred herb. Yes you have.Most of us have drank alcohol or smoked a cigarette, and then we decided why and whether we enjoyed its affects. All foods contain chemicals that function to alter mood and character, recent finding suggest ADHD predominates in children with low iron levels. Hence one a day vitamins, used to be the norm in the 60’s, but todays kids are lacking.So people feel the need to eat food so that they feel better, same goes for the soon to be legal plant-MaryJaneYouWanna-surewhy not and give ole Kansas bags a toke, her character is as defiecient as an anhorexic crack whore on decaffeinated feel good beverages. Nah just kidding Kans and Ass, your really alright, you could have been my mother, nag nag, insult, degrade, nagg, insinuate, obfuscate, obliterate and irate. Aaaaahhhhh.

]]> By: Nathan http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214380 Nathan Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:37:36 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214380 Pothead (A pound of pot in Every cookie Jar): The only value Marijuana has is pain relief. It doesn't "treat" anything. There is an ample amount of alternatives to using marijuana for anything medically related. Pothead (A pound of pot in Every cookie Jar):

The only value Marijuana has is pain relief.

It doesn’t “treat” anything.

There is an ample amount of alternatives to using marijuana for anything medically related.

]]> By: A Pound of Pot in Every Cookie Jar http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214379 A Pound of Pot in Every Cookie Jar Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:26:29 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214379 Why do you feel the need to allow the constitution to be trampled on? Marijuana is a name thought up by the Hearst Family in an attempt to demonize the Hemp plant so that it would not be used to produce paper products. Since William Randolph Hearst owned all the major newspapers and had friends in the lumber industry that wanted to monopolize the market.Cannabis Sative became illegal because it is the most therapeutically active plant with many chemical substances that have a strong and pharmacologicvalue in treating many conditions; from Glaucoma, to nausea in Chemo patients, for involuntary muscle spasms in paralyzed individuals to analgesic affects. It was used in the time of Jesus to alleviate the pains of childbirth for women.And it was found to have a mirrored neuroreceptor in the brain for the drug, evidence that the human species(prior to the modern fascist states)used it for thousands of years and evolved a specific brain receptor and endogenous ligand(Ralph Mechoulam,Univ of Israel,neuroscientist) But givenits strong actions, it is only advised that people who benefit from its widely studied and provenactions use it, for whatever illsthat ail them. In other words, no government or legislature has the right to legislate what substances you put into your body in your own free time, given it causes no harm to anyone but yourself, and that you accept and acknowledge that responsibility.This is jurisprudential logic, look it up.By the way, on July 17 while you all were sleeping, President Dick Cheney temp/fill in, signed legislation to destroy the 5th Amendment to the constitution. Read about it.You know Benjamin Franklin quite often wrote to his own newspaper under the pen name of a women. Many people applauded her insight and agreed with her analysis, not knowing she was Ben Franklin incognito.So who is Kansas, Lets see; could it be a Judge that drinks booze every night and judges cases with the residue still in his/her system. Perhaps we should piss test Judges, prosecutors and police for alcohol residue in thier bodies, not to mention God knows what other pharmaceutical drugs they take for depression and sleeplessness. Why do you feel the need to allow the constitution to be trampled on? Marijuana is a name thought up by the Hearst Family in an attempt to demonize the Hemp plant so that it would not be used to produce paper products. Since William Randolph Hearst owned all the major newspapers and had friends in the lumber industry that wanted to monopolize the market.Cannabis Sative became illegal because it is the most therapeutically active plant with many chemical substances that have a strong and pharmacologicvalue in treating many conditions; from Glaucoma, to nausea in Chemo patients, for involuntary muscle spasms in paralyzed individuals to analgesic affects. It was used in the time of Jesus to alleviate the pains of childbirth for women.And it was found to have a mirrored neuroreceptor in the brain for the drug, evidence that the human species(prior to the modern fascist states)used it for thousands of years and evolved a specific brain receptor and endogenous ligand(Ralph Mechoulam,Univ of Israel,neuroscientist) But givenits strong actions, it is only advised that people who benefit from its widely studied and provenactions use it, for whatever illsthat ail them. In other words, no government or legislature has the right to legislate what substances you put into your body in your own free time, given it causes no harm to anyone but yourself, and that you accept and acknowledge that responsibility.This is jurisprudential logic, look it up.By the way, on July 17 while you all were sleeping, President Dick Cheney temp/fill in, signed legislation to destroy the 5th Amendment to the constitution. Read about it.You know Benjamin Franklin quite often wrote to his own newspaper under the pen name of a women. Many people applauded her insight and agreed with her analysis, not knowing she was Ben Franklin incognito.So who is Kansas, Lets see; could it be a Judge that drinks booze every night and judges cases with the residue still in his/her system. Perhaps we should piss test Judges, prosecutors and police for alcohol residue in thier bodies, not to mention God knows what other pharmaceutical drugs they take for depression and sleeplessness.

]]> By: Tom http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214378 Tom Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:00:31 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214378 Benbob, I'm sure the troll currently posting as "Kansas" has heard of the word "freedom," and I'm equally sure the troll has no conception of what it really means. Benbob,

I’m sure the troll currently posting as “Kansas” has heard of the word “freedom,” and I’m equally sure the troll has no conception of what it really means.

]]> By: Benbob http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214377 Benbob Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:55:14 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214377 Wouldn't you hate to be Kansas, so perfect, so judgmental. Has he ever heard of the word "freedom?" Wouldn’t you hate to be Kansas, so perfect, so judgmental. Has he ever heard of the word “freedom?”

]]> By: brian http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214376 brian Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:26:12 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214376 "I'm sorry, but this survey is statistically invalid.What do you think the liar quotient was here?This is BushCo's version of federal-funding-deserving "scientific research".Posted by: MPS | July 23, 2007 at 02:59 PM " Did you even read the survey methodology or did you just refer to the summarization of it on the news article? The survey was not statistically invalid. “I’m sorry, but this survey is statistically invalid.What do you think the liar quotient was here?This is BushCo’s version of federal-funding-deserving “scientific research”.Posted by: MPS | July 23, 2007 at 02:59 PM ”

Did you even read the survey methodology or did you just refer to the summarization of it on the news article? The survey was not statistically invalid.

]]> By: Kansas http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214375 Kansas Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:20:53 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214375 Chas get a grip on reality. I was addressing the use of illegal drugs not prescribed pharmaceuticals. Chas get a grip on reality.

I was addressing the use of illegal drugs not prescribed pharmaceuticals.

]]> By: Yoyvay Smithstein Huspa http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214374 Yoyvay Smithstein Huspa Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:12:23 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214374 1. Why do all major cities feel the need to have liquor stores on every corner?2. Why does every Quik Trip feel the need to sell alcohol, tobacco, energy drinks and pep pills on every corner in America?3. Why do you feel the need to constantly drive your car and buy overpriced gas?4. Why is it so hard for straightanti-drug socialists to realize that the demise of society has a direct affect on peoples happiness?5. Why did the Maya Indians and thier rulers feel the need to drink chocolate?6. Because we're human thats why, and thats what humans have done for 12,000 years, find a plant, try the plant; boil it, eat it, smoke it. Then if you like it, add it to your list of things to keep you alive.7. In this age of contradiction,lies and bullshit.We feel the need to fight oppression and the erosion of our freedoms. So when some socialist Nazis say don't do it, we say phuck you and go straight toyour own personal hell of intolerance and imagined superiority.8. Kansas might be into religion.Does he/she, I think its a she, perhaps a judge or religious fanatic.I feel the need to be a prude.I feel the need to be a drug treatment counselor.Why do you feel the need to partake in the opiate of the masses on every Sunday, why do you need religion, its a fix for your nasty sinning ego. 1. Why do all major cities feel the need to have liquor stores on every corner?2. Why does every Quik Trip feel the need to sell alcohol, tobacco, energy drinks and pep pills on every corner in America?3. Why do you feel the need to constantly drive your car and buy overpriced gas?4. Why is it so hard for straightanti-drug socialists to realize that the demise of society has a direct affect on peoples happiness?5. Why did the Maya Indians and thier rulers feel the need to drink chocolate?6. Because we’re human thats why, and thats what humans have done for 12,000 years, find a plant, try the plant; boil it, eat it, smoke it. Then if you like it, add it to your list of things to keep you alive.7. In this age of contradiction,lies and bullshit.We feel the need to fight oppression and the erosion of our freedoms. So when some socialist Nazis say don’t do it, we say phuck you and go straight toyour own personal hell of intolerance and imagined superiority.8. Kansas might be into religion.Does he/she, I think its a she, perhaps a judge or religious fanatic.I feel the need to be a prude.I feel the need to be a drug treatment counselor.Why do you feel the need to partake in the opiate of the masses on every Sunday, why do you need religion, its a fix for your nasty sinning ego.

]]> By: chas. http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214373 chas. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:43:20 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214373 I like my drugs... they make it possible for me to function... I take drugs to hold down my sugar... and to maintain my cholesterol... and to assist my asthma... I take pain pills because of the residual pain from cancer surgery... I take certain vitamins, because lymphoma sucks the ones I need dry to the bone... Now, are any of these illegal??? NO!!!! And for ANYbody to say I dont have a necessity for ANY of the drugs I take... Go crawl into a hole... And as for caffeine... I'm no mormon... I am allowed to drink coffee, tea, and soda -- sugar free, that is... Now, if Kansas has a problem with those drugs, then there are tons of issues Kansas needs to deal with... and none of those issues are with MY drugs... I like my drugs… they make it possible for me to function… I take drugs to hold down my sugar… and to maintain my cholesterol… and to assist my asthma… I take pain pills because of the residual pain from cancer surgery… I take certain vitamins, because lymphoma sucks the ones I need dry to the bone… Now, are any of these illegal??? NO!!!!

And for ANYbody to say I dont have a necessity for ANY of the drugs I take… Go crawl into a hole… And as for caffeine… I’m no mormon… I am allowed to drink coffee, tea, and soda — sugar free, that is… Now, if Kansas has a problem with those drugs, then there are tons of issues Kansas needs to deal with… and none of those issues are with MY drugs…

]]> By: Old Manor Road http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214372 Old Manor Road Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:19:13 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214372 I'd like for Pete Guither to come up with facts on why it isn't true that 1-in-12 worker aren't under the influence of some kind of drug. Where are your statistics to prove otherwise? Like I said before, the sad state of denial runs rampant among the majority in this country! It makes a lot of difference to me if that guy who is building my house is toking on a joint the day before Monday, which is usually the case. Say he improperly places a crossbeam that comes crashing down a few months later maiming or fatally injuring me or my family. Later we find he had smoke pot the day before. You can bet that construction company would be in for some serious legal action! You can talk smack all you want about this being a shill for on-the-job drug testing! But it's coming soon, my friend...it's coming real soon!!! I’d like for Pete Guither to come up with facts on why it isn’t true that 1-in-12 worker aren’t under the influence of some kind of drug. Where are your statistics to prove otherwise? Like I said before, the sad state of denial runs rampant among the majority in this country! It makes a lot of difference to me if that guy who is building my house is toking on a joint the day before Monday, which is usually the case. Say he improperly places a crossbeam that comes crashing down a few months later maiming or fatally injuring me or my family. Later we find he had smoke pot the day before. You can bet that construction company would be in for some serious legal action! You can talk smack all you want about this being a shill for on-the-job drug testing! But it’s coming soon, my friend…it’s coming real soon!!!

]]> By: MPS http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214371 MPS Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:59:55 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214371 I'm sorry, but this survey is statistically invalid. "We're calling from an agency of the federal government. We'll pay you $30 to answer some questions about illegal drug use. Question 1: Have you used an illegal drug within the past month?" What do you think the liar quotient was here? This is BushCo's version of federal-funding-deserving "scientific research". I’m sorry, but this survey is statistically invalid.

“We’re calling from an agency of the federal government. We’ll pay you $30 to answer some questions about illegal drug use. Question 1: Have you used an illegal drug within the past month?”

What do you think the liar quotient was here?

This is BushCo’s version of federal-funding-deserving “scientific research”.

]]> By: Ben http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214370 Ben Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:59:53 +0000 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/07/workers-still-u/#comment-214370 Very good point PG. If a guy blew a bit of weed or sucked down a couple of beers over the weekend what difference does it make today? Very good point PG. If a guy blew a bit of weed or sucked down a couple of beers over the weekend what difference does it make today?

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