Posted on 05/15/2021 3:36:38 AM PDT by fwdude
According to a AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety survey published in 2019, nearly 70% of Americans think it’s unlikely a driver will get caught by police for driving while high on marijuana.
Additionally, 14.8 million drivers report getting behind the wheel within one hour after using marijuana in the 30 days before they took the survey.
Since Washington state passed Initiative 502 to legalize recreational marijuana, rates of drivers under the influence of cannabis and involved in fatal collisions have risen at an alarming rate.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattleweekly.com ...
Wait, this is coming from sh*thole Seattle, the same Seattle that has defunded its law enforcement to the point of being ineffective and then bring this up as a ‘challenge’ to law enforcement?! LMAOGTFO
This is unexpected?
Next we will have the Political Left demanding that only cars with an autopilot are allowed on the streets and highways.
There many unintended consequences of legalizing marijuana.
The stoners will tell you they can drive as good high as not...with that dull stare and eyes that look like two piss holes in the snow.
Haven’t the various municipal police already ceased making traffic stops?
No more stop and frisk, or picking up on erratic behavior by the driver when confronted by the officer. “Politically correct” has made Swiss Cheese out of the whole civil, traffic, and criminal code.
If folks get a chance, they should talk to a local judge, someone from their prosecutor’s office about the difficulties with pot prosecutions.
Drunks are hard enough.
Potheads are even harder, far more expensive, time consuming.
From what I’m hearing a lot of jurisdictions just don’t bother unless it’s a high profile case.
And by high profile I mean that the pothead has finally killed one or more people in a very nasty MVA.
If we’re gonna go the legalization route, God help us, we need a federal standard for what constitutes impairment behind the wheel.
That should be the FIRST step, not the bloody last one.
Some people try to think less, and less clearly:
Pot.
Booze.
Religion.
Yoga.
TV.
FR....
Actually, in my neck of the woods, they don’t mind DWI duty.
Doing a BAC on a suspected DWI is easy.
Assessing impairment by something other than alcohol is an almighty PITA.
It will be pathetically small consolation. Like putting a bandaid on a gushing artery.
The main peril in rushing carelessly into unexamined marijuana legalization (never mind the laughable, sham “studies” that are just window dressing for a political cause) is that legalization is virtually impossible to undo, even when deleterious consequences later come to light. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s the cragged rocks at the bottom of a high cliff.
No comment (out of “respect” for our pot-advocate FReepers.)
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Some of whom may be our late pot-advocate Freepers ...
New York Passes Employment Protections For Recreational Cannabis Use
No manufacturer with any brains will ever site in NYS. OSHA will eat them alive, and the company will have no defense.
Yep. The inevitable jump from the 2nd “p” (permit) to the 3rd “p” (promote) that results from crap like this.
I’ve heard a user (‘stoner’ might be a little extreme) say he could actually drive better when stoned. Something about being more relaxed. Upon reflection, maybe being relaxed is not really what you need for driving safely. Focus and alertness is.
It sure isn't easy administering a roadside urinalysis.
On the other hand, traces of marijuana stay in your system for weeks after inhaling it. Recreational marijuana users can't pass standard drug testing required for a huge spectrum of employment, e.g. truck drivers, heavy equipment and manufacturing, military.
Drug legalization has a domino effect on both public safety and employment.
The domino starts with the womb. I started seeing this effect skyrocket 6 years ago. By now the babies bathed in a constant sea of pot for 9 months should be elementary aged.
Having been a company manager where a significant portion of the floor crew used drugs I can attest that the products are terrible. We could track errors made by the hour. After lunch and breaks there was always a significant uptick.
I’m for pot legalization only if for at home private use. No getting stoned in public, at employment and certainly not driving. A responsible, reasonable person could easily abide by those rules however we have a glut of irresponsible dopes as citizens. Therein lies the problems with pot being either legal or illegal.
When I was a teen, it was often times easier to get pot than booze. Legalization is not the answer today, though.
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