# Assume you visited or moved to a state where Pot is legal. Would You try it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640 "2016-01-20T00:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/101 "2016-01-23T05:53:43Z")
The issue of having some while visiting a state where it’s legal is that it’ll probably still be detectable in your system when you go back home. For the record, I gave it up sometime during the Reagan administration. I suppose there might be some circumstances where I’d get high again but I can’t think of any. I think I’m immune to peer pressure on substances now; I’m pretty good at turning down offered drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/102 "2016-01-23T05:56:53Z")
Can an employer legally discriminate against you for testing positive for pot, if you smoked the pot legally? ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/103 "2016-01-23T08:21:40Z")
I am amused how this poll presumes that no one here has tried it yet. How cute. 😃 As for me, my state is (slowly) going through the process of legalizing medical marijuana. (The bill passed, but then they spent several months coming up with rules to regulate the dispensaries, the MM ID process, etc.) I’d be interested in finding out if pot could have a beneficial affect on my depression and insomnia. Currently depression is on the “maybe” list for conditions that qualify for MM, and it may take a while for them to decide it’s really okay. Also, the fee to obtain the medical ID is INSANE, and apparently it’s still cheaper getting pot from the street than from the medical facility. In short, yes I would, although legality is holding me back less than a general lack of access. Walking down to the corner dispensary (yes, I actually have one) would be a hell of a lot easier than figuring out how to find myself a drug dealer. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/104 "2016-01-23T08:49:40Z")
I won’t be lured by so called ‘legal’ pushers to try marijuana, which has been shown to lead to hit and run accidents, questionable friendliness, manslaughter, bad hair, suicide, eating chocolate cookies, hallucinations, watching golf, and descent into madness due to marijuana addiction. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/105 "2016-01-23T11:38:30Z")
I’ve never had any interest in trying it. I’ve never had interest in recreational drugs in general, including the legal ones like alcohol. I also find the thought of smoking _anything_ repulsive, after growing up surrounded by smokers. If I ever did try some it would definitely be in edible form, not smoked. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/106 "2016-01-23T13:55:07Z")
I mostly lean towards no now, but if I get in a better place mentally, and I could do it very gradually, I could maybe see myself trying it just to see if a little might feel good. But I’d be otherwise too worried that I’d have a panic attack. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/107 "2016-01-23T19:00:10Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Can an employer legally discriminate against you for testing positive for pot, if you smoked the pot legally? In the US, at least, it’s _not_ legal federally. But more generally, “pot smokers” isn’t a protected class. They can fire you for using alcohol, if they want, or for collecting beanie babies, unless a particular jurisdiction has decided they can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/108 "2016-01-23T19:08:12Z")
I’ve living in Colorado during the entire legalization process. I haven’t enjoyed legal weed yet. I stopped smoking in college when I barely passed a drug test and almost lost an internship. All of the jobs that I’ve had since graduating have been subject to both pre-job and random screenings. My urge to enjoy legal weed is much lower then my worry about losing or not getting a job due to failing a test. For the record Colorado recently ruled that employers can still fire people for legal drug use. I now have a job that doesn’t screen and maybe in a year once I’m feeling secure then I’ll head down to a dispensery and give it a run. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/109 "2016-01-23T19:16:06Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Depends on the job. Alcohol is legal but a driver is still subject to DUI/company policy. > > Just because a drug is legal (think opiates) doesn’t mean you won’t be impaired. Sure, an employer can ding you for drinking on company time. Perfectly legal, perfectly understandable in many jobs. But employers can’t generally ding you just for drinking on your off hours, say, in the privacy of your home. And since THC stays in your system long after its effects are gone, it sounds like that’s exactly what would be happening. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/110 "2016-01-23T20:45:02Z")
Legal or not, pot was omnipresent in my high school days. I had countless opportunities to smoke it. I didn’t. Why would I start now? ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/111 "2016-01-23T21:58:46Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Can an employer legally discriminate against you for testing positive for pot, if you smoked the pot legally? Well this is a gray area that all the states with legal weed are trying to come to terms with. It’s been discussed a lot here in Oregon. Recently a newscaster was fired when she was involved in a minor fender-bender and tested positive for metabolites. She wasn’t high, but admitted to having smoked the previous weekend. The employer has a no drugs policy, so she got the axe. She was probably drinking the previous weekend, too, but there is still a significant double standard when it comes to pot, even though it’s legal. The problem is exacerbated by the fact of it being illegal at the federal level, and that marijuana metabolites stay in your system for weeks after using it. As for me, I went into a pot store the day it became legal here just so I could see what it was like to visit a pot store and look at and talk about weed without the slightest worry about getting busted. I didn’t buy any, though, since the “dealer” I’ve bought from for years is a grower/wholesaler. Cut out the middleman. ---
**Author:** ![T.M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@T.M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.M)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/112 "2016-01-24T01:56:36Z")
I voted no way. But as a teenager during the sixties I smoked a little weed and I did not have a problem, But I would not touch it these days as some has been genetically modified to make it stronger and also addictive and can cause mental illness. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/113 "2016-01-24T01:59:08Z")
We did that this summer–moved to Washington state. I have not yet tried pot. ---
**Author:** ![T.M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ad7895/32.png) [@T.M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.M)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/114 "2016-01-24T02:01:52Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > We did that this summer–moved to Washington state. I have not yet tried pot. Best leave it alone it is nothing like the weed in the sixties and you could be buying trouble ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/115 "2016-01-24T09:48:17Z")
It’s legal here and I’ve got no interest in trying it, never had. Not just pot, drugs in general, but for pot I still associate the smell with that dealer neighbor who used to strip me with his eyes… uuugh! ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/116 "2016-01-24T12:38:07Z")
I have never consumed alcohol or smoked tobacco (when asked, I generally say that I tried using the patches to work myself up to smoking, but it just didn’t work out.) I have been asked to prepare many things for various people, esp in decades past. The only thing that I was ever tempted to sample was a batch of chocolate chip cookies made with pot. It took a while for anything to happen, but, when it did, it was not at all what I expected. Essentially, I felt two things: really, really tired and this weird disconnection between my mind and my body. I had difficulty speaking & was almost completely unable to perform complex tasks. But, it wasn’t the pleasant, warm, fuzzy, happy feeling that I’ve heard described. If that’s what people enjoy and describe as being “high”, I’ll pass. Reminds me of a [joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15820263&postcount=76) I read earlier. You can have a good time getting dizzy or smoking pot or collecting beanie babies. I would never take that away. But, it’s not for me. I might buy some - just to buy some. I love the aesthetic of head shops and music festivals and Renaissance festivals and places like Burning Man. I hope these people have long, productive lives. I haven’t yet met a juggler with whom I did not get along. But, as visually pleasing as I find it all, I don’t actually “believe” in any of it. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/117 "2016-01-24T12:44:36Z")
Never had the slightest interest. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/118 "2016-01-24T14:03:47Z")
I’d try it if not for the piss test at work. If any of you try it for the first time, don’t be like the guy who smoked half a joint, and then wondered why the room was spinning. IMHO, the best thing, if smoking for the first time, is to put one hits worth into the bowl, hold it in, and exhale through your nose slowly. Then wait about 10 minutes or so between hits. You’ll reach a point where you don’t need anymore. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/119 "2016-01-24T15:42:04Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I’ve already tried it once, even though it was illegal. It did nothing for me, so I see no reason to try it again. > > (It was about 40 years ago, so I’m sure the relevant statute of limitations has already taken effect.) The crap we got 40 years was just that… crap. You had to smoke it 2 or 3 times before you’d get your first high. > [@madmonk28](#): > > I live in DC and haven’t smoked pot since it was decriminalized, but I used to be a huge pot head. When I was in high school, it was easier to get weed than booze. I’m just kind of over pot, I might smoke it again some day. That’s pretty much me. I prefer a few glasses of wine these days over a hit or two of pot. ---
**Author:** ![Corporal\_Clegg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Corporal\_Clegg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Clegg)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640/120 "2016-01-24T15:46:05Z")
I smoked more than my share of pot and hashish in my day. I stopped about 15 years ago. I’m not tempted by it or attracted to it. But I don’t think wrongly of people who do use marijuana. It should be legal everywhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640.md?page=7)