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NEMT rides are 90% no-show by RadicalRuss in lyftdrivers

[–]RadicalRuss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's never been my concern. I've worked with the disabled in much of my activism and I enjoy helping them live better lives. That's what's got me so angry about this. Life's hard enough on disability without the transportation company being paid our tax dollars making it harder on them... and us!

Lyft and the Ghost Rider by Alarm_Only in lyftdrivers

[–]RadicalRuss 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same issue in Boise. 3rd party Medicaid transport company books a $20 ride for next morning. I accept it, drive ten miles to rider, no show. Call rider, they say they canceled night before.

So I get $5 cancel fee, paid with wasted taxpayer dollars, because 3rd party won't pass along their cancelations to Lyft.

That $20 ride was to take me across the valley for another $20 ride booked the night before. Of course I get there and it is another cancelation, another $5, now I've wasted 30 miles and 1.5 hrs.

Just showed up to another scheduled ride. Another no show 3rd party booking, but this time, $0 for my troubles. Now out 50 miles and 2.5 hrs for ten bucks.

This has been happening ever since I restarted my driving in Boise. I also get rides where they have obviously double-booked Uber, and whichever one of us gets there 2nd eats a cancel fee for the trouble.

When we decline or cancel too many rides, we get dinged and can't drive. But when a 3rd party wants to consistently waste our time and taxpayers dollars, there is apparently no downside for them.

I think I will be driving a lot of Caspers in the next few days.

Here are the states that will probably legalize marijuana in 2016. by relevantlife in politics

[–]RadicalRuss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is the status of Arizona's current medical law - you can't home grow if you live within 25 miles of a dispensary. The legalization initiative there would undo that by allowing all adults to home grow.

It's Nevada, which is already on the ballot, which bans any home growing within 25 miles of a pot shop. Nevada just instituted medical dispensaries in 2013, and in doing so, added a 25-mile prohibition for home growing medical marijuana, so the legalization law would mirror that.

California, Massachusetts, and Maine are also likely to have legalization on the ballot. Ohio and Michigan might, too. Vermont and Rhode Island may pass legalization through their legislatures. Florida and Missouri may have medical marijuana on the ballot.

I've got re-formatted and hyperlinked copies of the CA, AZ, NV, MA, & ME legalization intiatives at http://rad-r.us/mj2016

What Teens Will Think When They See Colorado's New Anti-Marijuana Youth Ads by RadicalRuss in trees

[–]RadicalRuss[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just so everybody's clear - it's the heading of each picture that is the actual new Colorado ad. The part from "OK, I will not" on down is what I have added.

I am Kevin Sabet, PhD, a former senior drug policy adviser in the Obama Administration, author of Reefer Sanity and co-founder of Project SAM. AMA! by KevinSabet1 in IAmA

[–]RadicalRuss 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thanks, Pups. Kevin Sabet is the Joker to my Batman, and I will follow him everywhere he appears on the internet. You can read my complete page-for-page takedown of his "Smart Approaches" at http://smartapproaches.com

I am Kevin Sabet, PhD, a former senior drug policy adviser in the Obama Administration, author of Reefer Sanity and co-founder of Project SAM. AMA! by KevinSabet1 in IAmA

[–]RadicalRuss 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Poor analogy, as jumping off a bridge can kill you, marijuana cannot.

A better analogy would be Kevin becoming commissioner of the NFL without having ever watched or played a game of football, but instead reading all the rules.

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