Wow do I hate marijuana.

We used to pay ten dollars a pound for that stuff in the 1970's but I preferred the Columbian red and blonde strains.

 

More than half of our states ignore federal law on marijuana. Not all of those states approve recreational use.

It would be a big deal if the federal government started prosecuting federal law on marijuana to any significant level.

Surely it would lead to litigation, where the federal government would have to defend laws that are indefensible.

 

Maui wowie, thai sticks, alcapulco gold, - takes me back.. Remember paraquat?

 

Thank you Jimmah Carter

 

As I said, this is just eroding the rule of law. Rational thing to do would be to put marijuana on a schedule that allows prescriptions (for all states) and then put recreational usage of marijuana up to the states. The current situation gives the federal bureaucrats (led by the President) the ability to pick and choose the laws they wish to enforce, making the rule of law arbitrary. Something needs to change. Either the law against marijuana needs to be enforced or the law needs to be changed.

 

There isn't any rational scientific evidence to suggest marijuana be addressed with laws such as current federal law.

Yet, those laws remain.

It's not uncommon for laws to be removed by cases of breaking the law, and subsequently bringing the validity of the law under judicial review.

 

There is a difference between "impairment" and "significant impairment"

It is not up to me to come up with studies. It is up for the Gov't to provide proof of claim and they have not done so.

Here is a study conducted and cited by a biased (anti marijuana) source.

http://time.com/3930541/marijuana-impact-driving/

God forbid we actually do go to "NORML" and get some objective research. The comments made in this article are preposterous nonsense.

 

Driving after having a bad day at work is driving impaired.

 

You simply do not have an argument.

 

NORML is hardly an objective source.

You made the claim that studies showed that marijuana improves driving ability. Back up your claim, or admit you made it up, like most things on this site.

 

What a groovy expression......

 

I linked to a study in my post. Are you reading impaired ?

 

Or the law not being enforced.

 

So, you drive all the time with your hands 9 and 3 on the steering wheel. You don't adjust the radio or A/C while moving. You don't eat or drink while driving. All of those are distracted driving.

 

I've smoked da weed for 41 years and never had a wreck from smoking.

 

That source said nothing about marijuana increasing driving performance.

 

Yeah, what a bunch of losers, like Steve Jobs, Sergey Brin, and Francis Crick.

 

No it’s not.

 

Standing on a soap box crying "NO NO NO" is not proof of claim.

 

And crying that driving after having a bad day at work is driving impaired is not proof of claim.

 

what? because you say so??? bwaaahaa!

 

sure there are exceptions to every rule.

 

please stay off the road when you are high.

 

I normally don't walk on the roads..

 

I did not say it was. Listening to talk radio - where one might get agitated such that one's attention is drawn away from the road - is evidence of impairment.

Driving after a fight with one's spouse or after having something bad happen at work can occupy one's thoughts where one's attention to driving is impaired.

When driving high - one's attention tends to be more focused on the act of driving.

There is no evidence that one is worse than the other.