re: For my daily jimmy rustling topic....

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I'm sure you have very good reasons, I'm just curious what they are.

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Platoon leader in charge of 35-40 guys. I'd say a minimum of 15 showed up for work every morning stoned, and disappeared during the day to smoke more pot. These are guys operating heavy earth-moving equipment - dozers, front-end loaders, dump trucks, etc. We got a few killed. To me it was a wonder that more weren't killed. But at that time the Army was way under-strength, so we couldn't kick them out. The "punishment" was sending potheads to drug rehab, which they actually enjoyed because it got them out of work. And then Reagan was elected, re-enlistments went way up, and my then company XO job became processing paperwork to kick potheads out of the Army. I loved that job. Relished it

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Personally, I have seen marijuana waste away some of my very good friends and act as a gateway drug. I am still for legalization, however.

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I mentioned that I think it is inevitable, and there are worse problems. But I'll never ever vote for it.