Would you rather have people drive drunk or stoned?

I choose neither because both are dangerous. Both alcohol and marijuana impair judgement and reflex.

 

I think if you are being honest with yourself, you would be shocked at the number of people (professional or otherwise) who you come in contact with on a daily basis who are either drunk/ stoned/legally over-medicated, and you are oblivious to the fact.

 

You know I'm seriously tired of this same old jargon from stoners how I would be surprised about this or that when it comes to marijuana, considering I was a (*)(*)(*)(*)ing pot head at one point in my life.

I'm sorry but the bull(*)(*)(*)(*) does not fool me dude, I can very well tell if someone is higher than a giraffes ass or not and considering the amount of other pot heads I have driven with I can also tell you it very well does impair motor skills and thought process.

 

Then you should also be aware of people who function extremely well after a few hits, who are in the category of stoned but are not incapacitated or not able to function properly.

 

I am aware of that, but like alcohol there needs to be limit made. Different people are gonna react differently to alcohol or marijuana, some having a higher tolerance than others of course. But the simple fact is limits do need to be made and for reason. I have no problem with marijuana being legal, that's not my issue here. But if you believe stoners can do no harm under the influence then that's straight flawed.

 

I don't think I said that, and yes it should be treated as alcohol. If you drink a beer or two and can function an officer will determine that in a field sobriety test if you are pulled over, and once the social paranoia and stupidity that deals with pot is finally a thing of the past, the insanity can stop as pot will be treated according to the law the same way as alcohol. No minors, DUI, etc...

 

then i dont know why we are debating lol. I pretty much agree with you here.

 

The problem with driving while under the influence of marijuana is you drive WAY TOO SLOW!

 

Stoned for sure.

 

Fer sure man, Fer sure.

 

how about neither and we all act like mature responsible adults

 

Like that's going to work. We are talking about human beings here. But for the sake of argument , who gets to define mature responsible adults? lol

 

Your question makes no sense. It's like asking would you rather be hit by a truck or a train. What's the point? An impaired driver is an impaired driver.

 

I know some choices are difficult for some. The question makes perfect sense, as does you question. I would rather be hit by a truck, and I'm sure that you would also rather have me hit by a truck.

I would surmise that you have never smoked MJ, otherwise you'd know what the difference is. Am I right?

 

You are right, but that hardly means I am an ignorant fool. I have never had it in for simple possession of pot and I have never prosecuted mere marijuana users, but I have prosecuted multi-kilo dealers.

I once lost a murder case because the only witnesses were a couple of stoners whose brains were so fried that the jury would not believe them. Have you ever had to explain something like that to the family of a murder victim? We all have questions and we all have our own experiences, don't we?

The notion that marijuana doesn't impair the ability to drive is a pipe dream (pun intended) of those who chronically abuse the stuff.

http://adai.uw.edu/marijuana/factsheets/driving.htm


To an innocent person injured by, or family members of an innocent person killed by an impaired driver, it makes little difference whether the impairment was caused by booze, pot or meth.

 

I can't help but be amazed at how popular mind-altering substances are. I like being sober.

 

I didn't label you a "fool", but by your own admission, you are "ignorant" on this issue. No one is denying that marijuana impairs driving ability, but it is a matter of degree and outcomes. Stoned drivers are probably going to be going too slow, while drunk drivers tend to drive wildly and aggressively. In your profession, you should already be aware of these FACTS.

 

I notice that you cherry picked what I wrote in the extreme. Try actually reading it. Read the last sentence of my post. Now there is a "fact." For your information, one of the dead giveaways to DUI, is driving too slow and weaving a bit. Not Driving "wildly and aggressively." That is less frequent although fairly common. I also suggest you read the UW study. It might alleviate some of your own "ignorance" about exactly how pot impairs driving ability. If you think those factors can't contribute to an accident, you are just not paying attention. It is true that I am not an expert on smoking dope form a personal perspective, but then I'm not an expert on murder, fraud or robbery from a personal perspective either.

 

Back in the days of video arcades, I saw people stoned as hell score all time high scores. Pot does not effect your motor skills or coordination, but it does affect your thinking. I am certainly not advocating smoking weed and driving. But I would take a stoned driver over a drunk one any day.

 

wouldn't think about getting behind the wheel if I was drunk or even if I'd had a few in a relatively short time.

don't think about it when getting behind the wheel after a couple of tokes. Of course if I'm blitzed, I'm not going anywhere.

 

If I'm going to be driving, I don't drink any alcohol, nor smoke any weed. I don't advocate doing either, but I'd MUCH rather have someone stoned driving in the lane next to me than to have a drunk driver there...

 

There you have it the results of the Poll show what everyone in the know, knows. Stoned people number one for the most part don't drive to begin with and if they have to they normally drive more slowly and more causiously. Know fact and one the Government admits even after proven by studies they paid for.

 

It depends on your definition of "drunk" and "stoned" and on each individual. I don't smoke weed or drink nowadays and don't plan to in the near future.. I used to smoke frequently (daily, or weekly) during my early, mid, and mid-late teenage years and very infrequently (annually, semiannually) during my late teenage years. Speaking from a strictly competency based evaluation, I would drive better after drinking and reaching a 0.16 BAC then to drive after taking two-three hits from a blunt. Weed is too debilitating for me personally, but I know that there are many people out there who would state the complete opposite of what I said in the evaluation I gave.

 

At an equivalent level of intoxication you have to go with stoned simply because whenever I'm stoned I drive at like 25mph without noticing it.

Of course, try to avoid driving intoxicated on anything, but weed is certainly the lesser of two evils in this case.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw1HavgoK9E

CNN investigative journalism in which three drivers of varying ages got high on marijuana and test-drove cars around a course.