Comments on: Driving While Stoned

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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:11:54 +0000

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By: eo

eo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:09:15 +0000

As an observation, for a site about weed, there are lots of walls of text, and few macro pictures of nugs.

Just sayin…

By: Lotus

Lotus — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:08:00 +0000

Popnfresh-I agree with you 100%. I would have focused more on pot being safer than alcohol, but everyone already knows this and it probably would have been boring. I have friends that can drive just fine, like myself, while stoned, but I also have others who are…sub par. These are generally the bad drivers to begin with, though.

By: Zephyr

Zephyr — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:14:14 +0000

Driving while high is indeed fantastic, though arguably still kinda stupid. Not anymore stupid than most other conditions drive under. Really, driving is just kind of a risky activity, no matter how you slice it.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:09:32 +0000

I have to state that I too, enjoy driving my car while high. Nothing can compare to a cruise with the windows down while some music plays.

By: Popnfresh

Popnfresh — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:45:20 +0000

There are a multitude of things that impair your ability to drive at 100% of your abilities, ranging from nutrient deficiencies to tobacco use, as well as a certain level of alcohol intoxication is considered an acceptably low level of impairment that is deemed negligible but none the less impairing. What this establishes for us is that there is an acceptable level of impairment to our faculties and still safely operate a motor vehicle, meaning that the immediate reaction “if you are on a drug you should not drive” is flawed by the definition of an unsafe driver per state law (DUI and DWI are state laws). As far as the legality of such an act in the hopefully more libertarian future is concerned, I would like to see the effects of marijuana on reaction times and functions of the brain while “intoxicated” as at the moment I can only offer subjective anecdotal evidence and it would a logical fallacy to draw a definite point of view off of that. That all being said I am certainly leaning towards the belief that driving high is no more dangerous than driving with two or three beers consumed in the past hour or so. The good thing about cannabis in comparison to alcohol is the ability to recognize your own impairment and the tinge of paranoia that combines with the slight hallucinogenic nature of the plant, when you’re high – every car is a cop car and you do a damn good job with signals, and there’s no need for cruise control because you are dead set on staying exactly three above. So barring future testing in a more objective setting I would have to say I’m of the opinion that when most people drive moderately, or even very high, they do not pose much, if any, more danger than the average driver, and are certainly safer than your average senior citizen. Then again I say “most” because some people have been known to have… exaggerated effects (I’ve known people who decide they absolutely must get naked or do unexplainable stupid things when high -I don’t chill with the former anymore), but they tend to be first-timers or those who don’t smoke regularly, though because of the subjective nature of drugs and their unpredictability in conjunction with certain people I must say I would support a less-safe-driver law that covers all possible impairments should you be spotted swerving or driving in an unsafe fashion.

-Popnfresh

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:43:09 +0000

I drive while high all the time as well. Nearly every day over the summer, and I’ve never gotten a ticket, or even pulled over before. Sober people in the car have testified to how well I drive while high and they usually claim that it’s like I’m driving sober. I’m sure that I’m not the only one.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:33:27 +0000

i drive high all the time