Originally Posted by zpr

I'll use my company as an example. If somebody gets in an accident or gets hurt, they have to be drug tested before returning to work. Because pot is illegal, they can, and do use a positive as grounds for termination. If it were not illegal, the legal grounds would not be there. You can say that a company would still be able to use it against employees, but if that were the case, there would be many companies that ban alcohol use. Many have tried, but most have failed. There are groups like the ACLU (as much as I hate them) that would fight it to the top to allow us the right to do what we want on our off time. Of course they would still be able to fire you based on coming to work stoned, just the same as being drunk.

I'm not saying that pot being legal in California would change the world overnight, but I still think it's a step in the right direction. It really doesn't matter to much to me since I've smoked twice in the last 13 years and decided that I don't like it anymore. I just think that if one state takes the first step, others will follow and eventually it will lead to a federal change. Once the effort is no longer wasted on fighting a naturally growing plant, it can be wasted on more important things.