Well, the productivity issue is not really as odd as it seems Hblair. Obviously, doing drugs on the job can have a negative impact, but casual use off the job doesn’t seem to have much of an impact at all.
NORML 1 NORML 2 To get back on topic (though I don’t think I was that far off topic given the somewhat moralistic implication behind the initial post), as far as using any substance (alcohol, MJ etc.) around a child, although It's something I have yet to face I would hope that there is some leeway for letting one’s hair down hours after a 7 year old child has been put to bed.
Her husband stayed home to watch the kids, they were fed and put to bed, and she went out partying for the night. Sounds like a familiar scenario for my friends who have children. Nor can I find any indication that their impairment (including alcohol) contributed in any substantial way to the kidnapping. Perhaps leaving the alarm inactivated with the garage door open, but then how many times does stuff like that happen by accident anyway. There have been plenty of similar kidnappings in the past without any impairment involved at all. It's not like she took the girl to a park, got high, and then drove off forgetting her.
Personally, I have never been so impaired on MJ that I couldn’t react reasonably to something like a fire or trauma, except in those initial experiences when you can’t really feel the top of your head for quite some time. In fact, this was proven very recently when a drunk, who was “dancing” around a bonfire made out of shipping pallets rolled into the fire. I crossed 20 yards before anyone else moved (30 or 40 standing around much closer than I with their mouths' open) and was there in time to help pull him from the fire (he was already rolling out, using his hands to push off the wood), pour some valuable Guiness on his smoking hand to cool the embedded embers, organize the trip to the hospital, and convince the drunk that he actually needed to go “…dude, you have third degree burns, you ARE going to the hospital.” And it wasn't even my party! Good old Army training stays with you for life I guess : ) Incidentally, he was back a couple of hours later drinking a beer with his bandaged hands and goofing off again. I bet the joke was on him in the morning though, when the booze wore off, since he was too drunk to be given a prescription for pain killers at the time
Anyway, it’s hard to see the MJ as being a significant factor in that poor girl’s death, though I don’t doubt some (not referring to you Hblair) will play that angle to suit their own purposes.
Charon
