A Risk of Medical Marijuana

People who have a medical marijuana card may have a risk at losing their job. People who use marijuana to relieve their pain, when they go to work, they can't pass the drug test. So some people don't get high at work, but the employer may have a hard time believing that when they know that a person is able to get high legally and whenever he wants.

Casarias, 29, worked at Wal-Mart but was fired because he couldn't pass a drug test. He has a medical marijuana card, but never abused it to go to work high. He was upset about being fired, he said:

"I was angry they did this to me because I always tried my best," said Casias, who was employed at Wal-Mart for five years. He earned an Associate of the Year award in 2008. "I want my job back. I thought I was part of the Wal-Mart family."

I can see how employers worry about hiring someone who has a medical marijuana card and that he may come to work high, but they can always test. But I just don't think someone shouldn't be hired because of having that card.

Medical Marijuana?

Marijuana may start being used for medical purposes, "Medical Marijuana." I sort of feel that this may be a bad idea. I mean I know there are people out there who actually need it medically for their pains and stuff, but I just know there are going to be a lot of people who say they need marijuana for issues just to get high all the time. If this becomes legal, it is going to be abused. I feel like there will be a lot more cases where people need "medical marijuana," more cases than before, but I feel for the wrong reasons.

Oakland Drug Bust

The investigation of drug dealing has been going on since April, and the execution of 101 felony warrants were finally given out on Monday. This was all a part of a Police Chief by the name of Anthony Batts who wanted to clear the streets of drugs, guns, and gangs. Police were having to go undercover and pretend that they wanted to buy some drugs in order to catch the guys. I think the people who live in Oakland and doing these kinds of stupid things are making the town of Oakland look like such a bad place. I personally don't mind Oakland, but the most common phrase a person hears, like me, is "I don't wanna go to Oakland, I'm afraid that I'm gonna get shot!" It is kind of sad to hear that because within Oakland, there are also all the nice and innocent people who happen to live there. And regarding the police, it took a while for them to catch all of these men, which sucks but at the same time, if the drugs weren't illegal, there wouldn't be much of a problem, but that's a whole other story.