Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
A huge percentage of threads in this forum have to do with busts involving weed and cars. One-hundred percent of those problems are completely preventable, too.
Agreed. Do your smoking outside of your car people! Then pop in a piece of mint chewing gum, wash your hands, or at least put your smoke covered jacket in the truck if you must drive (if you're very stoned, and then you have no business driving anyway). I know it is a hassle, but trust me, eventually you are going to get pulled for some bullshit reason, and then you're going to be wishing you had just taken some simple steps to avoid the situation the guy above is in.

Plus it makes the marijuana community look bad to non-users when they hear all the time about people getting caught driving and smoking. They don't understand that many people can drive quite well while stoned. And to be honest, quite a few people cannot drive well stoned. So just be careful to set a good example so we can show that our 420 community is responsible and try to make headway in our battle to legalize.

I'm not saying the officer was not being an ass. But you've got to look at it from his perspective. He has been taught by every training officer and superior he's ever met to treat marijuana offenses involving cars the same way he treats alcohol related offenses in cars... potential DUI. He's not evil, he is just an ignorant person enforcing ignorant laws.