We believe addiction is a primary disease. The problems in their lives are but symptoms of their disease. Time magazine recently published a statistic that indicated drug use has gone down in the workplace . Only 5.8 percent of workers came up positive, down 13 percent from a year earlier. Whether employees are more familiar with drug cleansing systems or whether testing is more lax is not clear.
Journalists are the ultimate careerists.
Those who know the war on some drugs is a big lie are the least likely to question the party line or report the truth factually. Phil Smith, who worked in the Oregonian newsroom from 1979 until 1995, has a California psychiatrist's prescription for cannabis to treat his chronic depression and anxiety disorder. Even while under arrest for cultivating marijuana, he helps lead the fight to regulate the plant. He supports the current legislation put forward by Rep. George Eighmey that would allow for therapeutic use of marijuana. Another bill, sponsored by Rep. John Minnis, would force anyone convicted of marijuana possession to successfully complete a drug treatment program.