YER IN TROUBLE

I'm glad to see someone address the problem of U.A tests ("Drug test
follies," cover story, April 18).Why is it you can get off work, hit the
bar and get smashed on the drug alcohol and keep your job?

Those employees are more likely to show up late and be less productive and
more dangerous, if they show up at all.

I do not take U.A tests. Just say no! What I do on my time is my business.
When a company wants to pay me 24-7 for following their policy, then they
will have the right to ask for piss. Until then, as long as one arrives to
work sober and stays that way while on the clock and does a satisfactory
job, there should be no questions nor expectations about your personal life.

Scott Chapple, Nederland

Good article about the insanity of workplace drug-testing. I'm convinced
that one of the biggest reasons for the war on drugs is that it cuts into
the enormous profits made by the pharmaceutical industry. Rumsfeld was a
big man for Searle, until his appointment to the Department of Death. Who
better to launch the anti-non-big pharmaceutical propaganda and yet another
pointless "not the drug we want you to buy" war? If everyone could grow a
weed in the back yard that would help them with pain, nausea, appetite
stimulation, muscle spasms, depression, etc., who would buy all the
anti-depressants, anti-spasmodics, appetite stimulants, pain-relievers and
anti-emetics being pushed by drug dealers such as Rumsfeld? Again, thanks
for the article.

Laurie Sampson, Boulder

Thanks to Ron Bain for the expose of drug "testing." That this industry
actually encourages people to use "hard" drugs instead of pot to avoid
detection is especially hideous. And a hearty thanks to the thousands of
brave young souls who showed up at the University of Colorado's Farrand
Field in a snowstorm on 4-20 at 4:20 to flout the despicable pot laws under
the very eyes of the police!

Readers will want to know of the new research published in the Canadian
Medical Association Journal showing that light pot use resulted in an
increase of 5.8 IQ points.

Also of note is that our brains have "marijuana receptors" which show that
humans evolved using cannabis. See, for example, this from the Harvard
University site:

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/evidence99/marijuana/Health_2.html

Evan Ravitz, Boulder