Good morning!!!!
I'm sitting here reading the local news, and there is a story here about people complaining about the roadside drug tests in New South Wales. Full story Here
The basic premise of the article is that offenders are claiming that they are being picked up on a drug test outside of the 12hours period that the government says it detects. Some even claim that they hadn't smoked weed for 2 weeks and still get hit.
Now for those that are being detected from passive smoking, or hemp based product (so long as they are actually telling the truth) I have sympathy for. But for the other people, that have been consuming illegal substances, I can't have sympathy for.
I'm certainly not anti-pot, I 100% think that it should be legalised. Because of my work I can't consume any of it at all, as I need to be able to pass super strict drug tests any time I go onto a mine site. But the rules are clear, pot it against the law.
I feel the same about the proposed welfare scheme for drug testing welfare recipients. I 100% agree with this. For starters, welfare recipients are living on tax payer dollars that I have to go out and bust my ass to earn to keep them from living on the street. I'm not allowed to do drugs while working, why then do we turn a blind eye to them using OUR money to support their habits. That's not social security, that's just a free ride.
And don't even start on the argument of "You can't tell me what to do with my dole check" well sorry yes I can because its not your money, its the tax payers money. You didn't do shit to earn that money, so we have every right to ensure that the welfare we are giving you isn't being wasted.
So anyway, back to my original topic. Drug driving really does have no grey areas, unlike drink driving. Alcohol is legal in Australia, its perfectly fine to have alcohol in your system. But all drugs are 100% ILLEGAL in australia, just by the fact of having them in your system proves the point that you are breaking the law.
So yeah, thats whats on my mind this morning and its not even 5am, we're going to be in for 1 hell of a argumentative day I think.
