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Jeroen

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7. THC impairs cognition, psychomotor function and actual driving performance
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:55 AM
Oct 2015

I've used marijuana for over ten years. Should it be legal? Yes.
However, I strongly disagree that cannabis is harmless for every person and under any circumstance.
There are strong arguments for the legalization of marijuana, that it 'makes driving safer' is not one of them.


Some studies that contradict the study you have posted:

1. Cannabis Effects on Driving Skills
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836260/
Research studies have shown negative effects of marijuana on drivers, including an increase in lane weaving and poor reaction time and attention to the road. Use of alcohol with marijuana made drivers more impaired, causing even more lane weaving (Hartman, 2013).


2. Dose related risk of motor vehicle crashes after cannabis use
http://www.drugandalcoholdependence.com/article/S0376-8716(03)00284-9/abstract?cc=y=

The role of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in driver impairment and motor vehicle crashes has traditionally been established in experimental and epidemiological studies. Experimental studies have repeatedly shown that THC impairs cognition, psychomotor function and actual driving performance in a dose related manner. The degree of performance impairment observed in experimental studies after doses up to 300 μg/kg THC were equivalent to the impairing effect of an alcohol dose producing a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) ≥0.05 g/dl, the legal limit for driving under the influence in most European countries.


3. Psychoactive substance use and the risk of motor vehicle accidents
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457503000848

The driving performance is easily impaired as a consequence of the use of alcohol and/or licit and illicit drugs. However, the role of drugs other than alcohol in motor vehicle accidents has not been well established. The objective of this study was to estimate the association between psychoactive drug use and motor vehicle accidents requiring hospitalisation.

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Driving 'under the influence'... [View all] CanSocDem Oct 2015 OP
What every marijuana user knows.. mountain grammy Oct 2015 #1
It also depends greatly on the experience of the driver. WDIM Oct 2015 #2
I got pulled over for a burnt out headlight several years back. I was stoned to the bone! brewens Oct 2015 #3
Uh, no. .08 is blotto Warpy Oct 2015 #12
.08%=.008. That's the legal limit and can be like three beers in an hour. Almost no one brewens Oct 2015 #13
That's more than three units an hour Warpy Oct 2015 #15
Bullshit. So you say the cops will let someone go at .079% which would also be "blotto", brewens Oct 2015 #16
Not if that someone at 0.79% (which reads 0,8 on most of the breathalyzers out there) Warpy Oct 2015 #18
I'm not going to be drawn into a flame war over this. JayhawkSD Oct 2015 #4
totally agree nt tishaLA Oct 2015 #5
My grandson has been telling me this for years. beveeheart Oct 2015 #6
THC impairs cognition, psychomotor function and actual driving performance Jeroen Oct 2015 #7
That's all theoretical and based on concentrated single ingredients. Warpy Oct 2015 #8
I hated driving stoned as well. Jeroen Oct 2015 #11
I've know a couple guys with multiple DUI's that swear they didn't mean to do it. brewens Oct 2015 #17
Reminds me of the Cheech and Chong movie... Canoe52 Oct 2015 #9
driving under the effects of depressants is different than driving under the effects olddots Oct 2015 #10
I have posted about this before... CanSocDem Oct 2015 #14
If tested right now I'd have evidence of drugs in my system and get a dui NightWatcher Oct 2015 #19
Ex-cabdriver, TheJames Oct 2015 #20
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