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    I live in a town where lots and lots of people smoke. Most of my friends do... I know one girl and 2 guys who don't, and I've got a very large and wide circle of friends.

    Now, I am fine with weed smoking. I'm quite "legalize it" and all that, even though I don't really like the feeling myself. I smoke maybe 6 times a year.

    My problem is this: I hate when people drive stoned. I really don't see the difference between this and driving drunk. If I'm wrong, please enlighten me, but I really don't think its safe. And people do it here ALL the freaking time. I've had many discussions with friends who say they actually drive better when they're stoned. I don't buy it. I smoke weed and like it and all, but I WILL not let someone who is high borrow my car, and I encourage them to get a cab otherwise.

    What do all of you think? Obviously I'm not an expert on weed, so I don't really know. But I wouldn't ever feel comfortable driving stoned.

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    Where I am from in Melbourne they have just recently introduced drug testing on the roadside - just like they test for alcohol. Im not actually sure how it's done but apparently it detects dope. They ran an awareness campaign about it and apprently it does affect the reaction times and alertness of drivers.

    A dancer I work with told me she has never driven a car without being stoned.

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    Depends on your tolerance... I know when I used to drive I drove way better stoned because I would concentrate on the road a lot better *shrug* but I was a chronic and I just functioned better period high.. even my mom said so.

    I wouldnt do it now.. I quit for 3 years and just started smoking it again in the last 8 months and when im high im high.. its noticeable lol... I wouldnt trust my reaction time since im a bit slow when im high now.... okay more then a bit lol... im really slow and kinda dumb good thing I don't drive anymore... but even if I did drive I wouldnt drive high, I dont trust myself when im high now.

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    ^ I think they may do a similar thing here in the states. Nicole Richie was convicted of driving under the influence of weed and vicoden. I hear that at least in California its considered a DUI. No one I know even considers it to be anything serious. I can't help but think its a problem.

    Oops meant this for Jaizane's post

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    I dont know if they have had any successful convictions here. I know people who got charged disputed it because they said that the test did not distinguish between people who had smoked dope and people who had been around people smoking dope. I think it might have been a hair strand test. They also argued that the testing could not determine whether the person had done the drug recently.
    It be unreasonable to say that people who have done a drug a few days ago and then driven could be charged for DUI.

    Cally u r not the first person I have heard say they drive better stoned. My cousin says that too, he is a very heavy smoker. I have heard a few others say it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaizaine View Post
    I dont know if they have had any successful convictions here. I know people who got charged disputed it because they said that the test did not distinguish between people who had smoked dope and people who had been around people smoking dope. I think it might have been a hair strand test. They also argued that the testing could not determine whether the person had done the drug recently.
    It be unreasonable to say that people who have done a drug a few days ago and then driven could be charged for DUI.

    Cally u r not the first person I have heard say they drive better stoned. My cousin says that too, he is a very heavy smoker. I have heard a few others say it.
    It's a saliva test. Its accuracy has been disputed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Callyish View Post
    Depends on your tolerance... I know when I used to drive I drove way better stoned because I would concentrate on the road a lot better *shrug* but I was a chronic and I just functioned better period high.. even my mom said so.

    I wouldnt do it now.. I quit for 3 years and just started smoking it again in the last 8 months and when im high im high.. its noticeable lol.
    That is what I have heard... that tolerance really plays into it. Since I am only an occasional smoker, and an especially paranoid one at that, I don't really feel qualified to say whether people should smoke and drive. The thing about paying attention more is what many stoners have told me. One of my best friends is stoned pretty much 24/7, and she is far more together when she is high. I don't know though, give me your input!

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    I think weed is kinda like ritlin(sp?) lol.. I dunno... when I smoked all the time I just functioned better.. after I quit and started again it really hit me different. I know though for the first few months after I had quit I was a scatter brain and all over the place... when I started again I smoked non stop and was re-building a tolerance.. but im cutting back again now so when I smoke now it really hits me. I think its just a tolerance and mental dependency thing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickad View Post
    It's a saliva test. Its accuracy has been disputed.
    oh dunno where i pulled hair test from.
    have u heard of any successful convictions?

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    ^ I don't know how similar ritalin is to adderall. But I take adderall for my a.d.d and it felt really different from weed. I feel really calm and focused and together on adderall, but really out of it on weed. Like worse than I am drunk... but I'm a very together drunk... people are always offering me more alcohol even when I'm fucked up cause they think I'm sober and not enjoying myself. I always have to remind them that yes, I'm drunk and no no no I def don't need more.

    I know that ritalin is different from adderall, so I'm curious to know if weed is chemically structured similarly to ritalin.

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    ^^
    my anti depressants have a strange effect when mixed with alcohol. I find that I drink and I feel totally sober and then all of a sudden it hits me and the effects are really strong and I feel totally wasted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaizaine View Post
    oh dunno where i pulled hair test from.
    have u heard of any successful convictions?
    I knew someone who got charged, but we lost touch before he even got a summons. I don't know of any successful convictions, no, but I haven't really been paying much attention. I've come across the odd newspaper article, but I haven't actually bothered to look into it myself. At a guess, I'd say there would have been some guilty pleas, which are technically convictions, but that's really just speculation.

    What I'm curious about is as to whether those caught with illegal drugs in their systems while driving are searched and then charged with possession if they're also carrying them. It's a very idle curiosity- I'm sure I could find out if I looked into it- but I'm slacking off my legitimate work that much right now that I'm not going to go there for the moment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LilyLove View Post
    ^ I don't know how similar ritalin is to adderall. But I take adderall for my a.d.d and it felt really different from weed. I feel really calm and focused and together on adderall, but really out of it on weed. Like worse than I am drunk... but I'm a very together drunk... people are always offering me more alcohol even when I'm fucked up cause they think I'm sober and not enjoying myself. I always have to remind them that yes, I'm drunk and no no no I def don't need more.

    I know that ritalin is different from adderall, so I'm curious to know if weed is chemically structured similarly to ritalin.
    No. Ritalin is an amphetamine (works as a stimulant for people who don't have ADD) while weed is a depressant. Adderall is a methamphetamine (if memory serves correctly, which it may not).

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    I really don't know how some people can drive better stoned with the slowed reflexes and everything. I myself can't drive when I'm high cause I can't feel my legs.

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    I don't smoke but alot of people I know do...I think the higher your tolerence level, the better focused you are. Hell, I'd get in the car w/ someone high on weed than someone whose been drinking alchohol anyday..







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    I drive alot better high. Im more focused and i have no road rage(obviously lol)..i do try not to drive when i smoke though just in case someone hits my car or something and the cops need to be called or show up or w/e

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    Weed didn't do much to me/for me so my driving on it was about the same. I've seen a lot of folks who drive rather well when high, too.


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    I'm proud of the fact that I've never smoked weed, and if I did, I wouldn't drive under its influence.

    In fact, it's a very sore spot for me, since my best high school friend no longer wanted me as a friend on account of my refusal to do it.

    As for legalising it, I don't really have an opinion either way.

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    When I was younger and dumber I did all kinds of stupid stuff. The difference for me in driving high and drunk was being drunk equaled me going 20 miles over the speed limit, and being high equaled me going 20 miles under the speed limit.

    These days, I take a cab if I'm going to party.

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    I think Cally & others are right about tolerance - once upon I time I used to smoke up DAILY & did everything I could do high. Went to the store, out with friends, to my daily ballet classes, whatever. And yeah, I drove. Not frequently, but I did. (In fact, the first time I had to parallel park in downtown Denver I was stoned out of my gourd. I'm amazed I pulled it off - though I wonder how long it took. Probably spent half an hour nudging two inches one direction, then the other, then the other . . . Bystanders were probably pretty entertained.)

    NOW? There is no chance in hell I'd get behing the wheel. I haven't smoked regularly for so long, I KNOW there's no way I could function. And it does hit you differently after a long hiatus, for sure. I'm a ridiculous lightweight.

    How does this work legally, though? There probably, legitimately, are some people who can do it and some who really can't. No way to apply that legally, though, so I think it just has to be illegal, to err on the side of caution.
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    regardless of whether you function better, if something happens and they find it in your system your screwed, so why risk it? If you hurt someone and it was truly an accident, you probably aren't going to get into trouble but if you were found to have something in your system it's going to be infinitely worse for you. Party all you want, but get a DD or take a cab.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaigeDWinter View Post
    Weed didn't do much to me/for me so my driving on it was about the same. I've seen a lot of folks who drive rather well when high, too.


    The only time I really SHOULDN'T have been driving was when I was on shrooms. I will NEVER drive while on those again! Holy stuff!
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    I'm curious about the shrooms experience you all are talking about...

    Anyway, yeah I have driven while slightly high... like, it had been a couple hours and I was still fuzzy. Kind of like driving buzzed, but reflexes are better than when drinking.

    I don't think it's a huge deal. BUT, I wish it was legal and they would just do some statistical studies on it compared to alcohol... that would be interesting.

    Either way, a lot of people barely drive well sober, LOL

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    I agree with the others - if you have a low tolerance, it will affect your driving way more. Not really a big deal to me.

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    I wouldn't go and say I drive better when I'm stoned...but I've never had an issue driving stoned (except that driving with the E Brake thing on...haha but I do that not stoned too). I think it really depends on your tolerance, if you smoke alot. I def. think driving drunk is alot worse. As long as you can pay attention to things when youre stoned I think it would be fine.


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