Study: Here's how stoned, drunk drivers differ

Fox News ^ | 06.24.2015 | Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

[dware]

When it comes to smoking marijuana and driving, many variables affect impairment—the potency of the drug, the tolerance of the toker, when the drug was taken, how the drug was taken—making guidelines difficult to implement.

But with some states decriminalizing the possession of weed, the feds are investigating a pot version of the .08 breath alcohol concentration set as the legal driving limit in most of the country.

[dware]

A new study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse finds that drivers with blood concentrations of 13.1 ug/L THC, which is more than twice the 5 ug/L limit in Washington and Colorado, exhibit impairment similar to those with a .08 breath alcohol concentration, reports Time.

[dware]

Pot Ping List!

Let me know if you want on or off!

[Crazieman]

Drunk drivers run stop signs.

Stoned drivers wait for them to turn green.

[headstamp 2]

LOL

[manc]

LOL.

[dware]

Here's how stoned, drunk drivers differ

This is a great article, but I still want to know how stoned, drunk drivers differ from...what or whom???

[Tailback]

Wow, that’s so incredibly horrible.

Now, compare them to people talking or texting on their phone.

I got rear ended recently by a girl answering a call on her phone.

Now compare the above to drunk drivers.

Patiently waiting.

Now compare to people ONLY using THC based product.

Patiently waiting....

[sparklite2]

LOL

Post of the Day.

[donna]

Pot smokers want to drive high.

There’s a surprise.

[TigersEye]

This is a great article, but I still want to know how stoned, drunk drivers differ from...what or whom???

How do they compare to women who fard while driving?

[ConservingFreedom]

"While alcohol affected both lateral acceleration (weaving speed) and lane departures per minute, marijuana alone did not"

[dware]

"While alcohol affected both lateral acceleration (weaving speed) and lane departures per minute, marijuana alone did not"

The facts are that stoned drive generally have hands @ 10 & 2, 5 miles under the limit and dammit but every set of lights in the rear view is a cop! I would MUCH rather be on the road with a bunch of stoners than a bunch of drunks.

[dware]

Pot smokers want to drive high.

Nice making wild accusations, but where, exactly, did you deduce this from?

[freedomlover]

dammit but every set of lights in the rear view is a cop!

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LOLOL

Not that I would know. My friend told me. Yea that’s the ticket.

[Sasparilla]

To a person hurt, or to the family of someone killed by an impaired driver, it doesn’t matter what substance impaired the driver, does it?

[Made In The USA]

I guess if someone is killed in a car accident due to an impaired driver, it’s really not going to matter much if it was a drunk or a stoner.

[When do we get liberated?]

on, brother....!

[Verbosus]

You got rear ended.
Last week I almost got side-swipped.
The odd thing is, the person jerked back into her lane after

nearly knocking my mirror off, and a few minutes later did
it again to someone else (missed again, but only by a little).

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing that article dware. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

”… the feds [emphasis added] are investigating a pot version of the .08 breath alcohol concentration set as the legal driving limit in most of the country."

FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument

While such testing needs to be done to make the roads safer, the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to do these kinds of tests on drivers.

[SunTzuWu]

Are you saying the death only matters if the driver was impaired??