Stoned Driving

The newest fear mongering tactic. Think of all the stoned drivers that will be on the roads if we make this illegal. I am always amazed at how people are so gullible of course it was gullible people who let Cannabis become illegal. Had they stood up and demanded proof we may not be discussing this right now.

First off let me assure you, I doubt there will be any more stoned drivers out there after we make this plant legal, than there are now. People are driving while smoking Cannabis now. Nothing makes a trip more enjoyable than to smoke a pipe bowl full on the way. It's no different that the pills you take to make you feel the same way and if your smoking Cannabis you're not going to smoke more than you can handle.

Don't get me wrong. Smoking Cannabis should be done responsibly and everyone should know there own limits but no one I know ever smokes Cannabis to the point that they cannot drive responsibly. Mix it with something like alcohol now that's another story but Marijuana by itself is not as debilitating as they would have you believe.

You don't have to take my word for it here are a couple articles on the subject:

Comparing traffic deaths over time in states with and without medical marijuana law changes, the researchers found that fatal car wrecks dropped by 9% in states that legalized medical use — which was largely attributable to a decline in drunk driving. The researchers controlled for other factors like changes in driving laws and the number of miles driven that could affect the results.
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/02/why-medical-marijuana-laws-reduce-traffic-deaths/#ixzz1u0OOsQVS

You read things like this...

“We were astounded by how little is known about the effects of legalizing medical marijuana,” lead author Daniel Rees, professor of economics at the University of Colorado-Denver, said in a statement. ”We looked into traffic fatalities because there is good data, and the data allow us to test whether alcohol was a factor. … Traffic fatalities are an important outcome from a policy perspective because they represent the leading cause of death among Americans ages 5 to 34.”
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/02/why-medical-marijuana-laws-reduce-traffic-deaths/#ixzz1u0OempbI

And it doesn't make sense. None of it does. They don't even try to refute what we have found they just go back to their tried and true misinformation. No Cannabis is not a Gateway drug no more than sugar is.

Then you have this...

If passed, drivers under the influence of marijuana would be considered impaired and unfit to be driving if their blood contains 5 nanograms or more of THC per millimeter of whole blood.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/driving-while-stoned-mari_n_1470641.html

A blood test to find if you're driving stoned. The one flaw in the plan...

Both Republicans and Democrats tried to stand up against the bill, but to no avail. Sen. Pat Steadman (D-Denver) spoke out about the issues that make marijuana blood limits problematic like the fact that THC is fat-soluable, so blood limits could remain above the 5 nanogram limit for days after the user last legally smoked pot, CBS4 reports. The user would not appear stoned, but legally they could still be considered impaired. With this thinking in mind, Steadman tried and failed to exempt medical marijuana patients in the bill.
This fact of THC's different effect on the body than alcohol's was stunningly shown last year by Westword pot reporter William Breathes. After a night of sleep and not smoking pot for 15 hours, a sober Breathes still tested nearly three times higher than the proposed legal limit.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/driving-while-stoned-mari_n_1470641.html

You and I, hell the whole world knows this is crap. But we sit back and , "oh it doesn't effect me so I'll let it slide". I tell you what if you let it slide because it doesn't affect you then you deserve to have every one of your rights stripped away. If you can't stand up for the rights of others when it's this obvious something is wrong here then you don't deserve rights yourself!