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Originally Posted by zamler
Have you ever used marijuana?
I certainly don't think people should smoke up and drive, but if they do, it is not nearly as bad as drinking and driving. It might actually help some people calm down and focus, it depends on the person.
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Absolutely not true, for any person. You are right, it's far less dangerous than drinking and driving, but it does slow reaction time in everyone, and doesn't really help people focus, that's just more of a 'feeling' than an actual benefit.
As far as calming you down, it can do that, but if you are so tense driving you need to smoke up to calm down, then you shouldn't be driving sober either. That's just a bad driver all around. No one should believe they are a better driver on marijuana the same way no one should believe they are better drunk.
As for tests, I don't know how they test you. Obviously there are drug tests for if you have any in your system, but right now they are all urine and blood based and can't be done at the side of the road or in a timely fashion. An impairment test would have to be figured out. I imagine it's like any other dangerous driving test. Because you can be deemed unfit to drive on maybe substances other than alcohol, and even because even sleep deprivation.