2012-11-07, 04:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-07, 04:20 PM by CrazyForDex.)
Locked Wrote:I'm all for legalisation, and I think it'd be smart to legalise it. However, I'm not going to lie to myself and say people should drive while high. It's completely retarded and as much as I hate to pull the science card on these forums it's completely anecdotal to say that it won't have issues. Just because your friends seem to be decent drivers while under the influence of marijuana doesn't mean most Americans will be as good. Most Americans are idiots while driving anyway and car accidents are very high with drunk driving and other statistics. Why would you want to risk it and cause a possible increase of accidents while driving? It's silly.
I completely agree with you. I would much rather them make recreational use legal, but making driving while high illegal. Why should we take the risk that there may be more accidents? All that would do is give people that are against repealing marijuana prohibition a reason of why it should stay illegal.
[MENTION=618]Takebacker[/MENTION];
All drugs do not have the same effects, clearly, so saying that "if person A uses adderall and can drive safe, then person B should have the same option of driving while high" is pretty stupid. You can't just throw all drugs in the same boat and while marijuana is obviously not as dangerous as alcohol, I do not think that allowing people to drive under the influence of perception changing drugs is a good idea.
Also your point about people driving the speed limit while high is crap. I have been in the car with tons of people that have been high while driving. Regardless of the point that we have been safe, some of them speed, others drive the speed limit. It is very situational and involves personal preference that determines how fast you drive. I am not sure how a police officer could check if you were high somewhere on the side of the road without giving you a blood test, which seems too invasive to be adopted as a reasonable option.