DOT Does Not Agree With New Medical-Marijuana Policy

With all the hype and speculation regarding the new Obama Administrations stance on Medical Marijuana and the memo sent down to the DOJ no one seems to have noticed this memo from the Department of Transportation.

In summation the Department of Transportation does not agree with the new directive and will continue to ensure that Medical Excuse Marijuana is not an excuse for pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, train engineers, subway operators, aircraft maintenance personnel, transit fire‐armed security personnel, ship captains, and pipeline emergency response personnel, among others to be high.  If they fail a drug test, they will be terminated.

I applaud their judgment and am glad to know that at least the transportation department has enough snap to know that marijuana impairs judgment, slows reflexes and is illegal under Federal law.