I currently live in one of the few illegal states in the US. There is a “dispensary” a block away from my house where you can buy something that looks, smells, and makes you feel the same way regular weed does.
I’m also currently contracted at a company that hires DOT employees, so they implement random drug testing for everyone. I work a very technical desk job, and an occasional bowl was the best way to rest my brain after work.
So, if I walk up the street and purchase a bag of hemp and smoke it, I could lose my job.
OR I can walk a bit further and get black out drunk at a bar, and call out of work the next day (something I have done before).
What’s fucked is the tests also cover alcohol, but being hung over isn’t against the rules, even if I’m far more impaired than if I smoked a bowl a week ago.
Not sure why I posted this, can probably remove it. Just feel the need to vent I suppose.
Not to rub it in, but as someone who lives in a state where it has been legal for about 10 years and who also works from home, my experience couldn’t be more different than yours.
I guess it just comes down to electing better people to represent your state, or moving.