Quote Originally Posted by HighPopalorum
People keep claiming marijuana does not impair driving ability... as if I haven't been smoking pot for 20 years! No candid self-assessment of mine could reach that conclusion. When I drive high, I drive distracted. My reaction and decision times are slower, and I'm often more concerned with music, climate or food than I am with the demands of driving. Anecdotally, my observations of other high drivers match my own experience.

As marijuana policy is further liberalized, limits are going to be set on cannabis purchase and use. We cannabis users are going to have to accept the same kinds of time/place/manner restrictions that govern smoking and alcohol use. I don't believe pot should be treated exactly like alcohol, but I do believe people who drive high are behaving irresponsibly. How to test, what limits should be set, and what the punishment should be, I leave to others.
Not sure what you guys are smoking up your way, but I will say (type) it again. In my opinion, and the studies I've seen, there is little to no impairment after smoking MJ.

I have been smoking for 30 yrs and in just the last year increased my smoking to 1.5 grams a day and taking a tincture which amounts to another 3.5 grams a day orally. I can perform any task, including work, driving, what ever it be with no impairment. I feel the best I ever have and even lost weight.

Why is it so hard for some of you to understand that some folks will have no impairment after smoking? There are credible studies to back this up, one from Hartford Hospital. :jointsmile:

Hartford Hospital Study Finds Marijuana Use Has Little Effect On Driving Skills - Courant.com
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Quote Originally Posted by lampost
We can argue all day about whether it's a bad idea for people to drive high. I never said it wasn't.

The point is that you can't really determine impairment by testing alkaloid levels or THC levels in the blood. IT IS NOT A RELIABLE INDICATOR!!!

So, yeah it may be a good idea to outlaw stoned driving, but there is no practical way to get a quantitative idea of how stoned someone is by looking at their blood alkaloid levels.

As was stated a few times already in this thread you could smoke on Monday and still have arrestable alkaloid levels on Wednesday. That is the point of this thread!!

I want to know what advocates of this law think about that!!!

A field sobriety test is really the only fair and rational way to do it without jeopardizing the rights of a all medical users!
Agreed, if they based it off of actual impairment, I'd ace any test, lol. I personally injest a lot of MJ, no impairment at all.

My wife has never interfered with my driving while under the influence of MJ, but after only 3 beers and no smoking MJ she won't let me drive. I have since quit drinking altogether, don't want to no more, ha, ha.:stoned: