In my neck of the woods more people are getting high behind the wheel instead of drunk, and I’m told it’s likely for these reasons: They know very well that driving while high is harder to prove than DWI, far more expensive to prosecute, and is even harder to get a conviction for unless the pothead kills someone.
So they choose to drive high rather than drunk.
Let’s hear it for legal weed.
It’s Drive While Impaired, not Driving While Drunk. If you can’t pass a field sobriety test, you are going downtown.