Quote from: Blackdawn on Sep 18, 2023, 06:59:13 PMIt's easy to go off of smell.
With alcohol it is. I can think of many situations where it isn't with cannabis. For example:
- Edibles and tinctures, if sufficiently processed, release no odour on the breath.
- Conversely, balms and ointments for say, arthritis, might be very detectable by smell but not mentally affect the person at all.
- If the person grows their own or lives with other smokers, the smell could have stuck to their clothes despite not consuming any in quite some time, without their notice due to being used to it.
- Last week I smoked some very smelly weed and although I haven't had any since, I still stink of it if I work a sweat up.
Anecdotal example, I know someone who worked a job for years where they were in a critical safety role, responsible for others, and was stoned every day of that job. But they never stunk and by that age (50's), were well past the point of behaving like a space cadet while under the influence, so when the rules changed and drug testing came in, their employers and coworkers were legitimately shocked they'd failed.
My point is that it's very convoluted. But I agree with you that in most workplaces it should be "scouts honour" to not come into work blazed out of your mind, for obvious reasons, and that anyone who clearly is should be given appropriate duties at best, more probably sent home, and that the situation should escalate if it's a recurring issue.
For the record in regards to the thread question, since I don't know how far back you browsed, my opinion is that it should never have been criminalised in the first place, not least of all because then we'd have a more mature culture and attitudes around appropriate use.
