Posted on 09/15/2019 11:51:37 AM PDT by NobleFree
In what way?
By replying to a post about limited government and Constitutional bounds with collectivist twaddle about "benefits" and "debits" to "society".
That link has already been posted on this thread - and it’s already been pointed out that the link says:
“Colorado transportation and public safety officials, however, say the rising number of pot-related traffic fatalities cannot be definitively linked to legalized marijuana.
“Positive test results reflected in the NHTSA data do not indicate whether a driver was high at the time of the crash since traces of marijuana use from weeks earlier also can appear as a positive result.”
Yeah. Insurance should be for catastrophic situations. People who can't afford a lot should be given a low-cost option from a clinic, based on ability to pay.
If that's the solution for those people, it's the solution for pot users - not a ban on that which they misused.
“In 2016, of the 115 drivers in fatal wrecks who tested positive for marijuana use, 71 were found to have Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, in their blood, indicating use within hours, according to state data. “
““Colorado transportation and public safety officials, however, say the rising number of pot-related traffic fatalities cannot be definitively linked to legalized marijuana.”
Deaths were going down before and going up AFTER legalization.
I hope you are not trying to say driving after smoking pot is safe?
Deaths were going down before and going up AFTER legalization.
So you know better than Colorado transportation and public safety officials?
I hope you are not trying to say driving after smoking pot is safe?
No, that's another of your straw men.
“By replying to a post about limited government and Constitutional bounds with collectivist twaddle about “benefits” and “debits” to “society”. “
LOL! The post was about Freepers! I made a statement explaining why Freepers may hold certain opinions!
“So you know better than Colorado transportation and public safety officials? “
Once again you jump the shark on my posts!
Then you agree that driving after smoking pot is unsafe?
““Colorado transportation and public safety officials, however, say the rising number of pot-related traffic fatalities cannot be definitively linked to legalized marijuana.”
I think their has been an increase in ILLEGAL pot use sine legalization.
'Presumably, these figures came from the "National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2006-2011 and Colorado Department of Transportation 2012-2017," cited in a previous graphic.
'But CDOT's digits, which we shared last month, are completely different. They show that the number of fatalities involving a driver who tested positive for 5 nanograms or more of Delta-9 THC, the highly controversial state limit for cannabis intoxication, actually dropped from 2016 (52, or 13 percent of total drivers involved in fatalities who were drug tested) to 2017 (35, or 8 percent.)
'[...] plenty of other studies contradict the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area's findings, too [...]'
Just like there was an increase in drinking illegal alcohol when Prohibition ended? ROTFL!
There are unsafe levels for both pot and alcohol.
CDOT (your link)
“Marijuana and driving is still a huge problem in Colorado,” Cole maintains. “About 10 percent of our fatalities involve a driver who was at or above the legal limit for active THC, and we need to get that number way down. Any fatality above zero is one fatality too many.”
Buying from your neighbor is cheaper than going to the. pot shop.
Too many for what - keeping the involved substance legal? That would apply to alcohol too.
I think their has been an increase in ILLEGAL pot use sine legalization. [...] Buying from your neighbor is cheaper than going to the. pot shop.
Which, if true, proves what?
It’s because of cash.....given federal stance it’s hard to bank conventionally
Some of these places may have 150,000 or more in cash on hand
I’m pretty familiar with the business in Los Angeles and you’d be foolish not to have security like. Brinks etc
From your link. Dont attribute it to me!
“number of fatalities involving a driver who tested positive for 5 nanograms or more of Delta-9 THC, “
Maybe the limit is too high?
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