Pubdate: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2007 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1358/a02.html Author: R. Curtis Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor. 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.) - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake