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spixce
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Bitter Cactus said: I have a personal issue when stoners put me and my family's life in danger. Getting high and driving is absolutely disgusting and inhumane.
It is driving under the influence and it is against the law. Not only that, there is no way to test how much marijuana is in the driver's system. You are putting me, my family and children at risk doing this and there is no excuse.
People who do this deserve to go straight to prison.
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Well I can agree with that. That's just plain stupid to my mind though
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: Ezuma]
#21172874 - 01/24/15 09:55 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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Like half of the people at least on these forums say there is nothing wrong with getting high and driving. They even say it makes them drive better.
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I will agree with you in this Bitter Cactus, I judge these people, whoever they may be
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I don't have any trouble driving high
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spixce
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nicechrisman said: I don't have any trouble driving high
It slows down your reaction time, you could get yourself or other people killed.
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: spixce]
#21172886 - 01/24/15 09:59 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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So far so good. Going on 25 years.
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spixce
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nicechrisman said: So far so good. Going on 25 years.
many people have drove drunk and been fine many times then they fucked up, all it takes is one time.
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: spixce]
#21172893 - 01/24/15 10:01 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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I saw a study recently that looked at the reaction times of people on marijuana. They found that infrequent users do have slower reaction times, but regular users weren't really impaired by it.
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: spixce]
#21172894 - 01/24/15 10:01 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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spixce said:
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nicechrisman said: I don't have any trouble driving high
It slows down your reaction time, you could get yourself or other people killed.
Weed doesn't slow down my reaction time at all. In fact it increases my concentration. If I'm concentrated on what I'm doing I can react to it faster. As far as I'm concerned, all those stories of people getting stoned and fucking up behind the wheel are all stories of people who shouldn't have a license in the first place.
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I'm not surprised some can manage it successfully overall. To me its just an unnecessary risk and clear liability, one I'd rather people didn't take. I would say high driving>drunk driving but still both are undesirable to say the least. Obviously depends how 'high' you mean though. Like equivalent of a drink or two, then ok that's not so big a deal
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: Ezuma] 2
#21172902 - 01/24/15 10:03 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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Driving while tired is worse
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: spixce]
#21172905 - 01/24/15 10:03 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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spixce said:
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nicechrisman said: So far so good. Going on 25 years.
many people have drove drunk and been fine many times then they fucked up, all it takes is one time.
That's not the same at all. You can't really have a tolerance for booze in the same way you do for weed. The substances are totally different as well. What you said has about as much significance as me comparing shitty vinyl flooring to platypus dicks.
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That would also depend how tired. But yes I'd say driving without sleep for 24hrs: worse than driving slightly stoned for sure. I would prefer not to risk either though,
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nicechrisman said: Driving while tired is worse
Yeah, I've pulled over and slept right on the side of the road when I was tired.
But never when I was high.
Hmmm.
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: spixce] 1
#21172930 - 01/24/15 10:10 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah because an insurance company website is totally a valid source.
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nicechrisman said: Yeah because an insurance company website is totally a valid source.
its a better source than NORML.
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: spixce]
#21172949 - 01/24/15 10:18 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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You should be sober when you drive because its a hazard to other people to be driving under the influence. Just because you can do it doesn't mean its fine, driving on any substance is very irresponsible. Driving stoned may be better than driving drunk but its still unsafe. When you're stoned you tend to stare into whatever catches your attention, not a good thing while driving. I love MDMA and opiates but would never drive when under the influence of them.
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Re: Weed is a gateway drug [Re: spixce]
#21172998 - 01/24/15 10:35 PM (9 years, 3 months ago) |
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Weed doesn't make me stare at things. I just feel weird for while, then I get horny and take a nap.
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