Dispensary Corner

THE source of much workplace consternation over the years, the humble “smoko” break has been known to leave many nonsmokers feeling jealous and angry over all the lost productivity by their smoke-sodden associates.

More than 40% of non-smokers believe they should get three to five extra days holiday per year as compensation according to a recent survey out of the US.

The results also showed that on average a smoker takes roughly six days of smoke breaks annually.

While it may be annoying for non-smokers to watch their carcinogen-scoffing colleagues hop out for the periodic sucking on the old cancer stick, perhaps they can take macabre solace in the fact they will have a significantly shorter life-span.

See full survey results HERE. TYPICALLY when the police go searching for people who are intoxicated, the latter is generally suspected of committing some sort of crime.

But not so for the Vancouver Police Department who are currently looking for volunteers to get inebriated on the public dime under the umbrella of better police training.

The brief is in to get citizens drunk in order to train new recruits on how to best conduct a comprehensive sobriety test.

While we applaud the novel approach used here, let’s not use this rationale for Class A drugs.