Good grief, I'm going to have to quote myself as everyone else seems to be talking horse crap.
Should stoned driving be legal?
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keep on digging.
you only get so high and then the high just lasts longer.
It's not like you can get off your head and completely out of it
A heavy weed smoker will also not make the best decisions either.
Also the kind of singular concentration you typically get whilst stoned isn't conducive to driving as you need to be aware of your surroundings and other road users rather than specifically focused on one specific aspect of driving.
Good point but being as it is illegal to smoke it anyway I suspect that consideration is not going to impact the governments decision making on this...the line has been drawn at zero tolerance, regardless of the immediate impairment, if you test positive then you have taken an illegal substance is probably where they are going.
Driving while you're really high is just not a good Idea, full stop. Put differently I would how a driver can take full responsibility for their actions if something does happen. Could you?
If I had used and was involved in a little fender bender or something more serious I would always be wondering if that had happened if I was wasn't intoxicated, but that's just me.
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people everyday dont make the best decisions either under the influence or not.
totally agree with asim on the concentration subject...
after my dad died i smoked weed quiet a bit.. and i noticed myself concentration a lot more when gaming (competitively) and i still played as good if not better after a few biftas
i have however stopped now due to not wanting to go down the same path as my dad who was a heavy smoker and drinker.. i don't drive so cant comment on that side.. but however i went on a 2500 mile road trip from Torquay > Amsterdam > Arnhem Bridge > Frankfurt > Munich > Amsterdam > Torquay with a very heavy weed smoker (20 years of smoking) and he is one of the best drivers I've ever got in a car with...
like said previously weed effects everyone differently.
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One of my friends tried to walk into a canal after having only one fairly small spliff. So, I think putting her behind the wheel of a car in that state might not be the best idea 
It seems to affect different people in different ways - I can't say it's ever really affected me at all, but then I've never smoked a more than a joint at parties etc.
It seems to affect different people in different ways - I can't say it's ever really affected me at all, but then I've never smoked a more than a joint at parties etc.
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The idea that you went to uni and "collage" and use the word "of" instead of "have" scares the living hell out of me!
Which is why we have laws such as driving without due care and so on.
totally agree with asim on the concentration subject...
after my dad died i smoked weed quiet a bit.. and i noticed myself concentration a lot more when gaming (competitively) and i still played as good if not better after a few biftas
i don't drive so cant comment on that side.. but however i went on a 2500 mile road trip from Torquay > Amsterdam > Arnhem Bridge > Frankfurt > Munich > Amsterdam > Torquay with a very heavy weed smoker (20 years of smoking) and he is one of the best drivers I've ever got in a car with...
like said previously weed effects everyone differently.
I play pool far better after a few sherbets, doesn't mean I should be driving though.
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Drugs are bad m'kay.
might be a good time to invest in a bicycle company
The Stoned Bicycle Company... Your adverts should be good.
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He's absolutely right though
You have one understanding of paranoia. Weed related paranoia is different though.
Long term paranoia induced by weed doesn't make people think random people are out to get you. This isn't an acid trip mate where random are pulling out mac-10s. Weed induced paranoia affects relationships with close people, it involves the person thinking loved ones and friend groups do things behind their backs for a very simple example.
The paranoia Smokey Deza is talking about is short term paranoia. It the feeling of constantly being aware that you've smoked a spliff and are high therefore being extra careful with things you need to be careful with. The thing is people get so paranoid about the smoothness of their driving that they end up driving much better when they are in this specific state.
I agree 100% and that's from my own experience and other peoples
Well done on that FANTASTIC bit of research. Did you even reach the end of the article or do any associated reading?
The study the report is based on, linked in the first sentence, even has this bit of awesomeness:
Not to mention the other study that's linked that backs up this very fact.
You've misinterpreted the very studies and reports your using to back up your argument so you haven't got a leg to stand on.
In what world do you live where you've looked at a person that's stoned/high and thought "wow, they'd make a great driver!" unless you were completely stoned yourself.
So, is it fair that some stupid **** can take an illegal drug and put the lives of my family at risk without any risk of serious repercussions - no, it's ****ing not.
Get a ****ing job. How do I block someone? Vote ban.