The marijuana breathalyzer

[Mudcat]

They're working on it. Won't be long now.

 

[Boner_18]

Seems like a good thing. Driving under the influence of marijuana is not cool.

 

[bacon]

agreed. worse than driving drunk imo.

 

[Cougar Bait]

Driving high is way easier than driving drunk

Driving drunk and high is not advised

 

[PuckOff]

I have never, ever drank and drove a motorized vehicle. NEVER!!! Hard to believe, but it's true.

 

[Mudcat]

There are people who will claim with conviction that driving high is not an issue. They will claim that RIGHT NOW.

Of course there was a time people cheerfully claimed the same thing about drunk driving. I remember people claiming they could drive better drunk, and they often had little contrived rationalizations for it, and they actually believed themselves while they were saying it. You could see. They believed themselves.

People in the past were idiots and people are still idiots.

 

[Boner_18]

I've heard that too muddy. Hell, I may have even claimed it in my youth have been pot filled and alcohol free until age 20. So I just looked and found an article.in the NYT that claims that 2x more likely to get in an accident is the "accepted" figure for individuals who are high. In contrast men under 25 w/ bac of .08 have a 20x chance and men 35+ have a 9x multiplier for.the same .08. It appears that driving high is still impaired but may be less impaired than I originally though.

 

[bacon]

Very interesting stuff on the multipliers, wow. I would think weed would slow up your reactions to be as close to as bad as booze.

that would be incorrect.

 

[Boner_18]

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/1...he-influence-of-marijuana.html?referrer=&_r=0

 

[Boner_18]

Mee to baco.. I mean it's just one article...

 

[Boner_18]

I wonder what the multiplier is for on the phone...

 

[bacon]

right

 

[roguejuror]

This one was drunk and high.

 

[bacon]

oops

 

[Cougar Bait]

So 2x more likely would be the equivalent of letting my GF drive

 

[Matty]

Driving high is way easier than driving drunk

If we're limiting the definition of "high" to being high on weed, and if we're only talking about chronic users of weed, maybe.

I wouldn't even attempt to drive after smoking. Holy fok.

 

[Cougar Bait]

I guess I never felt an issue with it. I certainly wouldn't go into downtown Chicago or something, but drive across town, not even the least bit worried.