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Originally Posted by polak
If you had a bunch of stoners causing accidents while ripped I think you'd hear about it?
I think the fact that you don't hear about it is either:
A) They don't cause accidents on a regular basis
B) Cops can't tell they're impaired and if you can't tell that someone is impaired in a situation like that (heavy, detail oriented conversation with police) I think it's debatable if they're actually impaired.
I mean wouldn't you expect to hear about THC levels in toxicology reports from stoners causing serious accidents?
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I'm not saying they cause accidents on the regular, but DUIs do not always result in accidents. It's driving under the influence, not crashing under the influence.
I'll admit to driving stoned. I'm not proud of it, but I've done it. I don't think it really affected my driving, but if I got pulled over and charged with a DUI I'd have no grounds for complaint. I'm also someone that uses it regularly and can function. If we as regular users preach that it's okay to do, those who are not might, and those who are not probably cannot, espeically their first few times.
Thus, until there is a proper way to measure intoxication by THC, it shouldn't be allowed at all. There's also no way of knowing the dose of THC you've ingested unless its an edible (a carefully made one at that). How many puffs equal intoxication? For whom? Who can control themselves and who cant? You can't break something like this down into subsets of people who can or can't do something. It's either able to be used or not. As an avid user, I vote not.