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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:38 PM Feb 2015

This is why pot must be illegal.

A government study on impaired driving released last week found that drivers who had used marijuana were at a far lower risk of getting into a car accident than drivers who had used alcohol.

The Drug and Alcohol Crash Risk report, produced by the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, found that while drunken driving dramatically increased the risk of getting into an accident, there was no evidence that using marijuana heightened that risk. In fact, after adjusting for age, gender, race and alcohol use, the report found that stoned drivers were no more likely to crash than drivers who were not intoxicated at all.

However, the federal researchers say that their report's findings "do not indicate that drug use by drivers is risk-free," adding that "the study limitations... together with the findings of numerous other studies using different and complementary methods, need to be carefully considered before more definitive conclusions about drug use and crash risk can be reached."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/stoned-driving-crash-risk_n_6654810.html

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djean111

(14,255 posts)
1. In other words, they will find or fund a government study that says pot impairs driving.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:40 PM
Feb 2015

This study did not turn out like they had planned, I think.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
2. It 'must' be illegal because it provides a convenient excuse to imprison lots of people
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 02:11 PM
Feb 2015

And Prisions are profit centers.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
4. The funny thing about pot is that you know you're impaired and take extra caution.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 02:13 PM
Feb 2015

Booze makes you think you're superman.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
7. Also, under the influence of booze, guys will say "Let's go out and stir up some shit."
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 03:37 PM
Feb 2015

While under the influence of pot they are more apt to say, "Naw, let's stay home and watch the Simpson's again. Pass the cheetos."

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