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ceded a lower income, therefore, cannabis use
caused a lower income  (a post hoc ergo prop-
ter hoc fallacy), then we must also conclude
based on the data that if you used cannabis
in the past, you should start using it again 
to increase your income to current-user rates. 
Interesting to note:  if current drug users
earn more than former users, this supports the 
theory that drug rewards are a more powerful
incentive for work than nondrug rewards.
THE RIGGING OF RESEARCH
In an effort to push Congress to pass manda-
tory illicit-drug-testing legislation, U.S. 
Chamber of Commerce officials, in testimony 
before Congress, claimed that research showed 
illicit-drug users were "3.6 times more like-
ly to injure themselves or another person in 
a workplace accident...[and] five times more 
likely to file a workers' compensation claim." 
However, as SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN [4] observed:
     In fact, the study on which the 
     claim is based has "nothing to 
     do with [illicit] drug users," 
     according to a 1988 article in 
     the University of Kansas Law Re-
     view by John P. Morgan of the 
     City University of New York Med-
     ical School. Morgan, an author-
     ity on drug testing, has traced 
     the Chamber of Commerce claim to 
     an informal study by the Fire-
     stone Tire and Rubber Company of 
     employees undergoing treatment 
     for alcoholism. 
         ^^^^^^^^^^
Using the devastating effects of the govern-
ment subsidized drug alcohol to initiate a leg-
islative pogrom against safer, albeit, illicit 
drugs -- an obvious and shameless scam. 
This scam is promoted not only by governmental 
interests in an effort to expand bureaucratic 
empires,  but also by private interests in an 
effort to maximize profits, as the SCIENTIFIC 
AMERICAN observed: "The pharmaceutical giant
Hoffman-La Roche, which is leading an anti-
drug campaign among businesses (and has a big 
share of the drug-testing market), also promul-
gates this claim in 'educational' literature."
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN observed other errors in 
the research promoted by the GovtMedia that 
purports to show that drug users are bad for 
business. For example, a study that found a 
higher absentee rate among users failed to 
note that most users in the study were minor-
ities, and minorities have an absentee rate, 
regardless of drug use, identical to the rate 
observed in the study.  Logic therefore dic-
tates, contrary to the GovtMedia's conclusion, 
that NO statistically significant correlation 
between drug use and absenteeism was found.
CONCLUSIONARY OVERVIEW
Ultimately, the drug-testing and drug-rehab-
ilitation program is a massive cannabis-user- 
identification and reeducation pogrom. This 
is because 90% of drug-positive urine tests 
are for cannabis, which is due to the fact 
that inactive metabolites of THC remain in 
the urine for up to 30 days after a single 
use, whereas most other drugs are out of the 
system in a day or even less. But why sacri-
fice primary liberties for cannabis control?
Not only is cannabis one of the safest known 
drugs [6], and, as we have just observed, is 
correlated to better employee performance, 
but there is no established correlation bet-
ween cannabis and motor-skill impairment; 
thus, unlike legal alcohol, it cannot even 
be said to impair driving skills, which is 
a major drug testing pretext. Observing the
safety of cannabis use, the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administration [7] said:
     No clear relationship has ever 
     been demonstrated between mari-
     juana smoking and either serious-
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