Smoking marijuana whilst driving

[Nbadan]

No need for weed, but I do need laptop work done...

[Blake]

This thread is awesome.

Thanks for only reassuring everyone that you're a got, Blake. Also nice replies balli, it's good to see that someone else here sees marijuana the way I do. I guess you can't really know until you do it frequently for yourself. And I still don't remember anyone here claiming to be cool because of driving while high.

so are you cool or not cool because you smoke while driving and your lightweight friends dont?

calling me a got doesn't answer the question.

DUI? Please. Do you know how many people are RX meds that are way stronger than weed? Like any of you have never driven while even the slightest buzzed/drunk.

and all of that would be considered to be DUI

are you cool because you smoke while driving and your lightweight friends dont?

[Blake]

Yup. That's right Blake. I didn't know that. I had never heard of this DUI concept before today. Thanks man, you've really clued me in. I don't know how I made it 26 years without ever thinking about the subject, but yeah, thanks. Your input has been both insightful and eye-opening.

I got you confused with leetonidas for a second but I got it straight now: you're the idiot that thinks it's a bull law that doesn't make an ounce of sense.

[xtremesteven33]

For most pot smokers theres no difference between driving while smoking a cigarrette or a joint....no hallucinations, no tripping out, just relaxation.

[Leetonidas]

are you cool because you smoke while driving and your lightweight friends dont?

Please tell me where I said that and how the you came to this conclusion.

And the people who will smoke and drive are they people who KNOW they can handle doing it, because trust me, I have plenty of friends who are lightweights who won't touch a steering wheel when they're blazed.

Nope...didn't say that. What I did say was the lightweights don't drive while high because they know they can't. If you know your limits on what you can and can't do while high, then everything's cool. The people who smoke and drive are good at what they do. How many times do you here "a man found to be under the influence of marijuana crashed his car into a minivan with 2 toddlers and a hot soccer mom?" Never, because it doesn't happen.

[Blake]

Please tell me where I said that and how the you came to this conclusion.

you havent yet and I haven't come to a conclusion yet.

Are you high right now? Is that why you don't realize that this is pretty much a yes or no question:

are you cool because you smoke while driving and your lightweight friends dont

third time: Are you cool because you smoke while driving and your lightweight friends dont?

How many times do you here "a man found to be under the influence of marijuana crashed his car into a minivan with 2 toddlers and a hot soccer mom?" Never, because it doesn't happen.

By RYAN ORI ([email protected])
Journal Star
Posted Jul 13, 2009 @ 10:28 AM
Last update Jul 14, 2009 @ 03:14 PM

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PEKIN — After causing a head-on crash that killed a Peoria mother and son Saturday near Pekin, a 17-year-old Pekin resident was ticketed for driving under the influence of marijuana.

The two-vehicle crash about 11:45 a.m. Saturday on Manito Blacktop Road killed Carolyn J. Rosenbohm, 27, and her son Maxwell Dodd, 4, both of 517 Vine St. in Peoria.

Colby A. Maile, 17, of 1102 S. Third St. in Pekin said he fell asleep at the wheel after an all-night fishing trip at Spring Lake. In addition to the DUI charge, Maile was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions and driving in the wrong lane.

Capt. Billy Merrill of the Tazewell County Sheriff's Department said Maile was cited and released at Methodist Medical Center, where he and 19-year-old Joseph Cherry of Manito were treated for minor injuries, and was given an August court date. The Tazewell County State's Attorney's Office will decide which charges to formally file against Maile, Merrill said.

Merrill said marijuana was found in Maile's system via blood drawn at the hospital and that no alcohol was detected in Maile's blood.

Cherry, the passenger in the SUV Maile was driving, told police he was asleep at the time of the crash.

The Sheriff's Department and Coroner's Office withheld the victims' names and virtually all details of the crash for about 48 hours.

On Monday afternoon, Merrill said the minivan driven by Rosenbohm was going southwest near a curve when the northeastbound SUV crossed into her lane. The vehicles hit head-on.

"They indicated they were up all night fishing, and (Maile) said he said he must have fallen asleep at the wheel," Merrill said.

Tazewell County Coroner Dennis Conover conducted autopsies Monday morning. Preliminary causes of death were blunt force trauma to the body for Rosenbohm and blunt force trauma to the head for Dodd.

Results of routine toxicology testing on Rosenbohm could take about a month to process, Conover said.

Authorities said Rosenbohm is survived by husband Michael, whom she recently married, and two children. Dodd is survived by his father, Shad Dodd of Florida. Relatives could not be reached for comment.

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x73736763...ekend-accident

that took all of 1 minute.

you're an idiot but keep going.

[Jimcs50]

Better to not drive without having 100% of your attention on your driving. No drinking, no smoking, no texting, etc etc. There are enough bad drivers on the road as it is.

[iilluzioN]

Blake... dont even bother trying to talk to these pot smokers... they are stupid

[Blake]

Blake... dont even bother trying to talk to these pot smokers... they are stupid

naw, I get a kick out of it or I wouldn't post at all.

[gatoloco]

yeah Blake, you and gy smurf leave us alone.

[tp2021]

^^^ Sure seems like a sleeping driver caused that crash, not weed.

And don't tell me the weed put him to sleep. If he smoked enough to make him fall asleep before he drove, he probably wouldn't have even got in that car in the first place, out of sheer itis.

[Blake]

^^^ Sure seems like a sleeping driver caused that crash, not weed.

And don't tell me the weed put him to sleep. If he smoked enough to make him fall asleep before he drove, he probably wouldn't have even got in that car in the first place, out of sheer itis.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you are pro weed-driving.

[Crookshanks]

Yeah - smoking weed is harmless and we should just "butt" out. It's the pot smokers who are delusional.
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Significant Health Problems
Smoking marijuana can cause significant health problems. Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals, of which 60 are cannabinoids. Smoking a marijuana cigarette deposits about three to five times more tar into the lungs than one filtered tobacco cigarette.
Consequently, regular marijuana smokers suffer from many of the same health problems as tobacco smokers, such as chronic coughing and wheezing, chest colds, and chronic bronchitis. In fact, studies show that smoking three to four joints per day causes at least as much harm to the respiratory system as smoking a full pack of cigarettes every day.

Marijuana smoke also contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke and produces high levels of an enzyme that converts certain hydrocarbons into malignant cells.


Mental Health Problems
In addition, smoking marijuana can lead to increased anxiety, panic attacks, depression, social withdrawal, and other mental health problems, particularly for teens. Research shows that kids aged 12 to 17 who smoke marijuana weekly are three times more likely than nonusers to have suicidal thoughts.

Marijuana use also can cause cognitive impairment, to include such short-term effects as distorted perception, memory loss, and trouble with thinking and problem solving. Students with an average grade of D or below were found to be more than four times as likely to have used marijuana in the past year as youths who reported an average grade of A.

For young people, whose brains are still developing, these effects are particularly problematic and jeopardize their ability to achieve their full potential.

We need to put to rest the thought that there is such a thing as a lone drug user, a person whose habits affect only himself or herself. Drug use, including marijuana use, is not a victimless crime. Some communities may resist involvement because they think someone else's drug use is not hurting them.

But this kind of not-my-problem thinking is tragically misguided. Ask those same people about secondhand smoke from cigarettes, and they'll quickly acknowledge the harm that befalls nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke is a well-known problem, one that Americans are becoming more unwilling to bear. We need to apply the same common-sense thinking to the even more pernicious secondhand effects of drug use.

Take for instance the disastrous effects of marijuana smoking on driving. As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) noted, "Epidemiology data from . . . traffic arrests and fatalities indicate that after alcohol, marijuana is the most frequently detected psychoactive substance among driving populations."

Marijuana causes drivers to experience decreased car handling performance, increased reaction times, distorted time and distance estimation, sleepiness, impaired motor skills, and lack of concentration.

Driving While Impaired
The extent of the problem of marijuana-impaired driving is startling. One in six (or 600,000) high school students drive under the influence of marijuana, almost as many as drive under the influence of alcohol, according to estimates released in September 2003 by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). A study of motorists pulled over for reckless driving showed that, among those who were not impaired by alcohol, 45 percent tested positive for marijuana.

Those who patrol streets and highways, know that the consequences of marijuana-impaired driving can be tragic. For example, four children and their van driver-nicknamed Smokey by the children for his regular marijuana smoking-died in April 2002 when a Tippy Toes Learning Academy van veered off a freeway and hit a concrete bridge abutment. He was found at the crash scene with marijuana in his pocket.

[leemajors]

I have no problems with smoking it, but driving around while doing so is kinda stupid. Why risk getting caught? Smoke at home.

[tp2021]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you are pro weed-driving.

Maybe, or I was joking.

[Blake]

Yeah - smoking weed is harmless and we should just "butt" out.

ahh, I see what you did there.

[Blake]

Maybe, or I was joking.

maybe your post was ridiculous, maybe it wasn't.

[tp2021]

maybe your post was ridiculous, maybe it wasn't.

Maybe that is your first clue, or maybe it isn't. Re .

[Corky]

what the ?

[tp2021]

Crookshanks, where did you find that article?

[4chan]

problem, non weed smokers?

[xtremesteven33]

I know people who have been somking and driving for years and have never had a problem with it...Again its not the smartest decision but for alot of people its really not a big deal and doesnt impare thier decision making at all.

[mookie2001]

sorry i dont need an article to tell me high driving is dangerous, driving is dangerous

its like reading an article saying south texas is hot because of global warming, well yes 100% correct and also wrong as

im not stupid, i may be dumb but im not stupid, ive been smoking weed for 14 years, driving for 12, drinking for 11. i'll make my own decision on this one

[Crookshanks]

Crookshanks, where did you find that article?

I googled "long-term effects of marijuana" and the first thing that came up was an article from the National Ins ute on Drug Abuse.

[Leetonidas]

Yeah - smoking weed is harmless and we should just "butt" out. It's the pot smokers who are delusional.
=============================

Significant Health Problems
Smoking marijuana can cause significant health problems. Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals, of which 60 are cannabinoids. Smoking a marijuana cigarette deposits about three to five times more tar into the lungs than one filtered tobacco cigarette.
Consequently, regular marijuana smokers suffer from many of the same health problems as tobacco smokers, such as chronic coughing and wheezing, chest colds, and chronic bronchitis. In fact, studies show that smoking three to four joints per day causes at least as much harm to the respiratory system as smoking a full pack of cigarettes every day.

Marijuana smoke also contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke and produces high levels of an enzyme that converts certain hydrocarbons into malignant cells.


Mental Health Problems
In addition, smoking marijuana can lead to increased anxiety, panic attacks, depression, social withdrawal, and other mental health problems, particularly for teens. Research shows that kids aged 12 to 17 who smoke marijuana weekly are three times more likely than nonusers to have suicidal thoughts.

Marijuana use also can cause cognitive impairment, to include such short-term effects as distorted perception, memory loss, and trouble with thinking and problem solving. Students with an average grade of D or below were found to be more than four times as likely to have used marijuana in the past year as youths who reported an average grade of A.

For young people, whose brains are still developing, these effects are particularly problematic and jeopardize their ability to achieve their full potential.

We need to put to rest the thought that there is such a thing as a lone drug user, a person whose habits affect only himself or herself. Drug use, including marijuana use, is not a victimless crime. Some communities may resist involvement because they think someone else's drug use is not hurting them.

But this kind of not-my-problem thinking is tragically misguided. Ask those same people about secondhand smoke from cigarettes, and they'll quickly acknowledge the harm that befalls nonsmokers. Secondhand smoke is a well-known problem, one that Americans are becoming more unwilling to bear. We need to apply the same common-sense thinking to the even more pernicious secondhand effects of drug use.

Take for instance the disastrous effects of marijuana smoking on driving. As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) noted, "Epidemiology data from . . . traffic arrests and fatalities indicate that after alcohol, marijuana is the most frequently detected psychoactive substance among driving populations."

Marijuana causes drivers to experience decreased car handling performance, increased reaction times, distorted time and distance estimation, sleepiness, impaired motor skills, and lack of concentration.

Driving While Impaired
The extent of the problem of marijuana-impaired driving is startling. One in six (or 600,000) high school students drive under the influence of marijuana, almost as many as drive under the influence of alcohol, according to estimates released in September 2003 by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). A study of motorists pulled over for reckless driving showed that, among those who were not impaired by alcohol, 45 percent tested positive for marijuana.

Those who patrol streets and highways, know that the consequences of marijuana-impaired driving can be tragic. For example, four children and their van driver-nicknamed Smokey by the children for his regular marijuana smoking-died in April 2002 when a Tippy Toes Learning Academy van veered off a freeway and hit a concrete bridge abutment. He was found at the crash scene with marijuana in his pocket.

lol re ed propaganda and fabricated statistics