Is there a benefit to failing a drug test because of marijuana usage? Wednesday, Jan 9 2008
Ponders 2:38 pm
In the USA, maybe! I’ll let you decide. Here’s the scenario:
Say I was charged with oh, I don’t know, say running an organized dog-fighting racket. And then say I was charged with 2 yrs prison sentence.
Now, say I failed an official drug test due to usage of Marijuana. Then, instead of serving the ‘hard time’, I would be eligible to enroll in a drug rehab plan that takes place in a minimum security facility. This program lasts about 6 - 12 months after which I would be eligible for early release even though my conviction was NOT drug related. Sounds pretty sweet, huh?
Now, say I was a professional athlete and this early release allowed me to play my sport again while still in my prime. If I’m a really good athlete I could probably turn that 12 months or so I avoided in prison into several million dollars. Sounds really sweet, huh?
Let’s go one step further: I would never have qualified for the drug rehab program had I not previously failed a required drug test. Therefore, that failure can more or less be attributed to the potential millions I could earn should things go as planned.
Summary: failing a drug test made me my millions! Now, do you think it’s worth botching a drug test so that you can put that failure to good use down the road? You never know when you might need to use it to your advantage.
January 9th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
HA! Reducing one’s sentence by being guilty for an additional crime. Sweet, and yes, the scales of the USA judicial system is notorious for placing the weight of these discretionary and privileged judgements heavily in favour of these numerous so-called celebrities/athletes making all those millions.
Absolutely no way we regular ‘Joes’ could ever hope for so fortunate a ruling.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Although there are differences between the countries to be considered, I would say that it is highly unlikely that the person in question would have served the full 2 years regardless. However, I agree that justice is far from blind and is often dependent on the lawyer that one can afford. Don’t get me started. I’d have to start using my webpage for my rants. Besides, if we didn’t have plea bargaining, we’d have a lot less millions to divert to other things…like Iraq. Like I said, might be time to start using my webpage.