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> Cannabis smokers have less qualms about driving under the influence than drinkers (in my experience) and from an enforcement perspective, it's harder to test
by chimeracoder 8y ago
> Cannabis smokers have less qualms about driving under the influence than drinkers (in my experience) and from an enforcement perspective, it's harder to test for the presence of the drug because it stays in your system much longer (up to a month iirc?).
There are so many substances that people can take that would impair their ability to drive. Many of them are available over the counter. Alcohol is the only one that's tested directly; it's the exception, not the norm.
- wyclif 8y agoI learned a lesson about this back when I was a land surveyor doing a lot of public road work and layout years ago. I had to walk a lot, sometimes in thick weeds, on the shoulder of many public roads and highways. In many places in the US at least, there's always at least some litter and much of it was alcohol bottles, needles, and prescription drug bottles. It made me realise how many people drive while drugged on some substance.