Let’s all chant in a libertarian singsong voice:
But MarIjuANA is a victimless crime!
I know, we have had many discussions about marijuana on this site. And there is a strong libertarian contingent here, who stress the libertarian view.
Which among other things, means that we aren’t allowed to talk about whether marijuana is a dangerous drug or not. In that mindset, we need to be libertarian and non-judgemental about things.
There is a strong 10th amendment community here too, which stress that the federal government has no business banning or controlling any drugs. So there’s that too.
There is no way to determine proximity to use. Alcohol is out of the system overnight. THC stays in the system for a long time.
Not saying this person wasn’t high when the accident occurred, but saying someone “has marijuana in their system” tells us absolutely nothing to the person’s state of mind at the time of the accident.
I’ve been off of pot for over a decade, but I’m fine with people smoking if they can be responsible with it. As a recovering alcoholic, I have issues with substances, so I abstain from it all. To each their own.
Just because it was in her system does not mean she was impaired. She could have smoked a week earlier and it would have still showed up in her system.
She was supposed to sit on her back porch and not bother nobody. They never do.
The driver was distracted by a bag of chips ....
Besides, smoking marijuana isn't necessarily how teens are consuming the drug these days. The THC content in the vaping concentrate versions is way off the charts and the effect far stronger than anything that can be derived directly from smoking the plant. It's like the difference between chewing coca leaves and snorting pure cocaine. This was an avoidable tragedy on many levels, including the drug and having six teens packed like sardines in a tiny s*** box automobile.
Driving while high is dangerous.
Driving while drunk is dangerous.
Do you want to ban alcohol?
Driver also had traces of aspirin in her system.
Correlation does not equal causation!
Regards,
Driving while using substances is the problem here, not the marijuana.
Go talk to any police officer you know and they’ll tell you they’d much rather deal with pot heads then drunks.
Since marijuana stays in your system for approximately a month isn’t it possible that they had consumed weeks ago?
This doesn’t seem like clear cut DWI unless they found pot in the car.
And how many times have teenagers killed people without weed in their system? Ban teens from driving.