What's new
By:

Marijuana: Facts, Myths, and plain old Stupidity.

This brought back memories of my first time smoking. Never laughed so hard in my life at the stupidest story my friend was telling me.
 
CONAN said:
As for marijuana's effect on driving? Lack of alertness, the ability to concentrate, coordination, and the ability to react quickly are all side effects of doping. Does that mean anyone that smokes is a liability? Not necessarily. But I think there's no question you drive worse on weed than not. Common sense even potheads can get.
Click to expand...
Actually, potheads do get it. That's why they tend to not drive too fast where any of that stuff impedes their driving. At least that is what the federal government study on the matter determined. And it's why I suspect nobody has ever heard of anyone smoking a joint and then getting in a massive car wreck caused by the weed.
 
SaltyDawg said:
Well this all started from a thread about Marcus Camby smoking weed during the NBA lockout. So technically, Marcus Camby has no working agreement with his employer right now. Smoking weed may or may not be mentioned in the new CBA, and drug tests looking for marijuana use may or may not be allowed under the new CBA. But right now, there is no CBA so it's not a matter of him just doing what his employer wants.
Click to expand...

I was simply addressing the fact that to me the issue was not "oh no he is using drugs" but rather that they don't get a pass when they break the rules, as so often happens for celebrities.

So in that case I don't really care what he does when he is "unemployed". Get high, whatever, knock yourself out. But if you get arrested for breaking the law, however silly one might think that law is, then I have no sympathy.
 
SaltyDawg said:
Actually, potheads do get it. That's why they tend to not drive too fast where any of that stuff impedes their driving. At least that is what the federal government study on the matter determined. And it's why I suspect nobody has ever heard of anyone smoking a joint and then getting in a massive car wreck caused by the weed.
Click to expand...
Exactly. Even potheads know that weed impairs their driving. Case closed.
 
LogGrad98 said:
But if you get arrested for breaking the law, however silly one might think that law is, then I have no sympathy.
Click to expand...

This is another item I was going to bring up. As mentioned earlier in the thread, my own feelings are complex and I could possibly be persuaded that marijuana should be legalized. However, what I totally do not get are all of the people in the thread who are saying that they think laws against its use are stupid, and therefore they have no issue with using it themselves. There are LOTS of laws that I think are stupid, but that does not mean that I should be able to break them with impunity.
 
colton said:
I'm sure Salty feel that texting while driving is OK, as long as you slow down while you are doing it.
Click to expand...
No, I actually think texting while driving is much worse than driving while high on pot. Conan agreeing that potheads make adjustments in order to prevent marijuana from making driving dangerous is case closed, as he admits. It's just case closed on the other side of the argument.

If you are able to make adjustments to make driving safe, then it is not impairing your driving (or making it more dangerous- which is what the debate was originally about).
 
SaltyDawg said:
If you are able to make adjustments to make driving safe, then it is not impairing your driving (or making it more dangerous- which is what the debate was originally about).
Click to expand...
I'd be interested to hear about some of these adjustments.
 
CONAN said:
I'd be interested to hear about some of these adjustments.
Click to expand...
Slowing down is not an adjustment?


If you're serious about debating this, please read the studies that have already been posted. Some of them actually discuss the fact that marijuana users tend to make adjustments to their driving which keeps it safe.

If you think driving after smoking weed is dangerous enough to be illegal, I'd love to hear why. With some actual evidence, if possible. Someone who has probably never smoked weed in his life and has no idea how it actually makes you feel is probably not qualified to give an educated guess with no evidence to back it up. There are actual studies on the matter posted in this thread for you to read if you are really interested though.
 
SaltyDawg said:
No, I actually think texting while driving is much worse than driving while high on pot. Conan agreeing that potheads make adjustments in order to prevent marijuana from making driving dangerous is case closed, as he admits. It's just case closed on the other side of the argument.

If you are able to make adjustments to make driving safe, then it is not impairing your driving (or making it more dangerous- which is what the debate was originally about).
Click to expand...

Did you miss where I said "slowing down" while texting? How is that different than slowing down while on marijuana? By your reasoning, the texter who slows down is making adjustments to make their driving safe.
 
colton said:
Did you miss where I said "slowing down" while texting? How is that different than slowing down while on marijuana? By your reasoning, the texter who slows down is making adjustments to make their driving safe.
Click to expand...
Totally false. A texter is probably looking at his phone, not the road, and doesn't have his hands on the wheel (at least not both). Someone who smoked some weed is probably focusing intently on the road, with hands on the wheel.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page
Back
Top