CDQ,Your analogy of Obama being a non producer making it to the top is spot on. However, in the business world, unless a person inherited the business, like the Kennedy's, hard work, a good work ethic will get a person to the top. Thats the way it is. And workers will always be at the bottom. Kinda like the military, private's at the bottom, generals/admirals at the top. If a worker screws up, like the pot smoking operator, punishment should be dealt out. Should we give this guy a medal?gypsyman
Its sad that we see a lot of people who worked hard climbing the ladder of succesd. And finally after
years of doing this and taking chanches they finally got to the top.
Then for some reason became involved with drugs and lose it all in a matter of a few weeks.
If they were not like that before much of that explains how they finally made it.
Then it always seems to be a guilt by association thing, someone new came into the picture.
Single people or the more recently divorced with a little money are always the targets.
Both male and female with cocaine or meth being always the common denominator.
They all tell me that they once had smoked pot, but by their early thirtys it became a kid thing that
most people end up growing out of. At first they thought the meth or coke made them feel younger
and more energetic and may have contributed to a somewhat better performance.
But not for long and they fail to see the damages the drugs are starting to cause.
More money less work time, neglect, and mistakes they explained away as someone else's faults.
Even if they hadn't smoked pot in decades, they still remember all the hype attached to the reefer
madness lies they heard as a kid. So based on that they think well why not give this a try they were
wrong about pot. Besides my new girlfriend or boyfriend seems normal enough.
Misinformation in this arena has always been the root problem and it still is. We have taken a
relatively harmless drug no worse than cigarettes and vilified its effects. We always target it first
in drug screening. That these other drugs produce more bang for the buck and are harder to detect
over a shorter period of time. They are smaller in quantity,easier to conceal,and can be taken in
any number of ways without the smell that smoking pot produces.
Even the DEA has come out and admitted that pot has to be taken out of the equation. Along with
an admittance of years of misinformation and paranoia before they can ever be effective in
combating these harder drugs. We always hear about weed, from the media right down to when we
buy a firearm or apply for a job. But use it or not most people know all of that is BS.
So why not try something else or become an alcoholic, those who are supposed to know are wrong
about it and everything else they claim they know about. Why should anyone listen to them?
My friends who just started smoking meth tell me its great, so am I being lied too again like they
did with pot? This mindset is very common among many formerly successful professionals and business owners who then have nothing left. Possibly even arrested , no family, no home anymore,
and a credit score that is totally in collections now. Where 90 days ago they were five star.
And it darn sure wasn't smoking pot that landed them there even if they are smoking it. Or they once wouldn't have made it to the top in the first place.
