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"hold my joint, I'm gonna go eat cheetos on the couch until I die"

at-fates-hands 10y ago
Or go get in your car and get into an accident. Marijuana-related fatal car accidents surge in Washington state after legalization: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/10/marijuana-related-fatal-car-accidents-surge-washin/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/10/marijuana-re... You can go ahead and keep thinking weed is harmless, but many drugs have started out being promoted as "harmless" including heroin, which was promoted as a cough suppressant in the early 1900's. What about cigarettes? How much propaganda did you see touting them as "harmless" despite all the scientific research to the contrary? And what about the surge in cocaine use in the 1970's and 80's? People thought it was just a harmless drug people used on the weekends. While I do believe there are many positive uses for marijuana, thinking its harmless is just being naive.
- NTripleOne 10y ago
  Jeez dude, it was a joke - calm down. People are gonna make bad decisions regardless of drugs, it's not like you have a smoke and the first thought that crosses your mind is "DRIVE".
  - simplyluke 10y ago
    I think you're either misinformed or ignoring things if you don't think it's treated as much more trivial than driving drunk and very common, especially among young users.
    - tunap 10y ago
      Sure about that? The first paragraph of your link is pretty ambiguous, both in the vague criterion for "tested positive" in the first 10% and the unspecified doubled number for "had used pot within hours of a crash"... how many hours before for the crash 1st group? A urine or blood test could show up to 2 weeks prior. What number doubled in the second? It also fails to acknowledge that 2013 had the least number of fatalities in Washington State in over a decade[WSTC data, bullet 7]. 2015 NHTSA: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/pot/2015/02/11/federal-study-drivers-who-have-consumed-pot-are-not-more-likely-to-crash-than-those-who-are-sober/ http://blogs.seattletimes.com/pot/2015/02/11/federal-study-d... This BBC/SpeedTV video from 2010 sums it up, if you have 5 minutes to judge for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzKjFiGFrcU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzKjFiGFrcU As always, YMMV.

Or go get in your car and get into an accident. Marijuana-related fatal car accidents surge in Washington state after legalization: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/10/marijuana-related-fatal-car-accidents-surge-washin/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/10/marijuana-re... You can go ahead and keep thinking weed is harmless, but many drugs have started out being promoted as "harmless" including heroin, which was promoted as a cough suppressant in the early 1900's. What about cigarettes? How much propaganda did you see touting them as "harmless" despite all the scientific research to the contrary? And what about the surge in cocaine use in the 1970's and 80's? People thought it was just a harmless drug people used on the weekends. While I do believe there are many positive uses for marijuana, thinking its harmless is just being naive.

NTripleOne 10y ago
Jeez dude, it was a joke - calm down. People are gonna make bad decisions regardless of drugs, it's not like you have a smoke and the first thought that crosses your mind is "DRIVE".
- simplyluke 10y ago
  I think you're either misinformed or ignoring things if you don't think it's treated as much more trivial than driving drunk and very common, especially among young users.
  - tunap 10y ago
    Sure about that? The first paragraph of your link is pretty ambiguous, both in the vague criterion for "tested positive" in the first 10% and the unspecified doubled number for "had used pot within hours of a crash"... how many hours before for the crash 1st group? A urine or blood test could show up to 2 weeks prior. What number doubled in the second? It also fails to acknowledge that 2013 had the least number of fatalities in Washington State in over a decade[WSTC data, bullet 7]. 2015 NHTSA: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/pot/2015/02/11/federal-study-drivers-who-have-consumed-pot-are-not-more-likely-to-crash-than-those-who-are-sober/ http://blogs.seattletimes.com/pot/2015/02/11/federal-study-d... This BBC/SpeedTV video from 2010 sums it up, if you have 5 minutes to judge for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzKjFiGFrcU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzKjFiGFrcU As always, YMMV.