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3. Hard to get in a fatal accident when you're only going 15 mph

Reply to Unknown Beatle (Original post)

Mon Sep 14, 2015, 06:01 PM

Sep 2015

The above is written with tongue firmly in cheek. However, it is really hard to drive all that fast when you're high.

There's something about marijuana that makes you very very cautious. I guess because it doesn't give you that feeling that you are better than you are. Alcohol on the other hand gives you the feeling that you can do anything and by God you can do probably do it better then you can when you're sober.

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Since Colorado legalized marijuana, highway fatalities are way down [View all] Unknown Beatle Sep 2015 OP

All the more reason to crack down on teh pot! Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #1

A lot of people would, if it was legal in their state, Jamastiene Sep 2015 #2

Agree wholeheartedly Egnever Sep 2015 #4

Hard to get in a fatal accident when you're only going 15 mph Moral Compass Sep 2015 #3

Exactly Where My Mind Went! ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #14

Why go out - when you can stay at home and get stoned? jonno99 Sep 2015 #5

Nonsense Jeroen Sep 2015 #6

The argument has been that legal pot leads to increased traffic deaths due to impaired drivers Fumesucker Sep 2015 #9

"Studies show that driving under the influence of marijuana increases ... accidents." Source? Scuba Sep 2015 #10

Cannabis Effects on Driving Skills Jeroen Sep 2015 #12

Ah! Iggo Sep 2015 #13

Those graphs are bogus Massacure Sep 2015 #7

Well legalization (distinct from decriminalization, mind you) has clearly NOT led to a bloodbath on Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #8

Ironically... CanSocDem Sep 2015 #11