IMPAIRED LOGIC

Tim Meehan's Nov. 22 letter ("Drug use put to test," suggests people
are switching from pot to cocaine as a result of workplace drug
testing. Your comment "That's a real stretch, Tim" was wrong. People
ARE, in fact choosing to use cocaine, crystal meth and other
chemically manufactured substances to escape being caught by
drug-testing. Pot, while still illegal and harmful, does stay in your
system longer and IS thus much more detectable. Needless damage is
being done to individuals who are making bad decisions. It comes down
to this: Assuming one of the substances will be chosen, would you
rather see your son smoke pot, or snort cocaine? It seriously IS time
to remove marijuana from workplace drug testing, or at least switch
from urine-sample testing to mouth-swab testing. This would capture
those "currently impaired" instead of catching those who were impaired
two weeks ago last Saturday.

R. Curtis

(Makes sense.)