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Cannabis

Warpy

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8. That's all theoretical and based on concentrated single ingredients.

Reply to Jeroen (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 11:23 AM

Oct 2015

Actual driving on pot was not measured.

I hated driving stoned, it really harshed my mellow. I was always very aware I was stoned and tended to overcompensate, driving on back roads and going slow.

Alcohol, on the other hand, disinhibits people and makes them think they're not impaired. That's the main problem with it, people take a few drinks and think they're Supermen. You often hear dumb college kids boasting how they drive better drunk. Uh, no, kid. You just feel bulletproof when you're drunk.

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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