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Originally posted by Carrie
I agree that making marijuana legal and taxing it would both put drug dealers out of business and make the weed safer, but there's just something about knowing that idiots would smoke it and get behind the wheel of a car that makes me say keep it illegal.
I mean think about it - we've already got enough drunks on the roads, and no amount of laws saying "alcohol is legal but you can't drive when you've been drinking" is stopping them from killing every day. It wouldn't stop the pot smokers, either.
Yes, I realize that there are plenty of high drivers on the road today, but there are people who do NOT get high and drive because they're so afraid of getting caught having smoked up. If you took away that fear, the roads would be just as full of "Oh I'm fine, I actually drive BETTER when I'm high!" idiots as there are alcoholics.
Apply it to anything... cars, forklifts, cranes... think of the possibilities for a moment and the threat to human life multiplies exponentially. Fucking scary.
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I was in a car once where the driver was high, and I have to say that I doubt he would have crashed into anything, he couldnīt drive faster than 30/mph. It just freaked him out.
Iīm not saying that itīs ok or save by any means, just not nearly as dangerous as driving drunk!