If you want to be a stickler, than yes, you could saw we are paying them thru our taxes. But you know damn well what I meant when I said paid by the government. They appropriate our tax money, knock it off with your short man syndrome and step down from the ladder.

The alcohol versus pot and which is worse debate will rage on because different folks have different perspectives. That being said I do agree it is dangerous but since it is legal we have no right to control it nor prosecute anyone for it as long as people don't drive or commit crimes or anything else illegal while drunk. This is obviously a gray area for some folks. I have no problem with people getting shitcanned drunk as long as they stay away from the wheel. Nowhere did I say it was OK to drink and drive. My point this whole time has been whether activity is illegal.

When you assume, you make an ass out of u. I don't engage in any drug usage and keep my alcohol intake in check thanks to a bad history of alcohol problems within the family. I understand that tax paying citizens smoke the reefer and screw around with the bottle, and contrary to your belief of my views, I don't think the govt should dick around and poke their head into our private lives.

Where it crosses the line is when folks getting paid by tax money are abusing drugs. ILLEGAL is that line. If you want to be paid on taxpayers dollars, than keep a clean record in that respect. Don't like it? Don't sign up for it. You were forewarned. Just the same with private employers who require drug tests. If I owned my own company, I'd like to make sure I wasn't hiring or employing someone who used illegal drugs...