Author: | botch@work <huh> | |
Date: | 7/26/2004 8:50:35 AM | |
Subject: | RE: yes, we need something with more | |
ok well say youre right with the reaction time and morons who drive too fast. now you really think that if marijuana were legalized, then there would be MORE dwi's then there already is? it is easily available now, and legalizing it wouldn't have that big of an impact on availability, moreso on accountability. but did you know that there is legislation floating around congress that would allow police officers to demand a drug test on any driver they pull over? and if the tests come up positive for marijuana, then they can be charged with driving under the influence of an illegal substance - even if the pot was smoked weeks/months prior and they were not impaired at all. H.R. 3922 Further, among the limited evidence that does exist, much of it finds that pot's measurable yet relatively mild effects on psychomotor skills do not appear to play a significant role in vehicular crashes, particularly when compared to alcohol. "Crash culpability studies have failed to demonstrate that drivers with cannabinoids in the blood are significantly more likely than drug-free drivers to be culpable in road crashes," summarized researchers Gregory Chesher and Marie Longo in the recent book Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential. A 2002 Canadian Senate report was even more succinct, stating, "Cannabis alone, particularly in low doses, has little effect on the skills involved in automobile driving." |