‘Nearly 5% of US adults reported driving under the influence of marijuana in 2018, according to a CDC report.’ [image] Dangers of Driving While High Nearly 5% of US adults reported driving under the influence of marijuana in 2018, according to a CDC report.

[image] circuitsmith: And ??% under the influence of a distraction. [image]

I more took it to mean there are the high drivers, plus the drunk drivers, plus the distracted drivers, and they all three combine to make a pretty hazardous picture on the roads.

I’m just to the point now where I ignore terms ending in “phobia” or “ism”. Just too much made up stuff. Way back though there was a hilarious TV program, maybe it was part of SNL when it was funny, or Carol Burnett but I really don’t remember. At any rate they gave phobias and isms to some of th…

Dude, that just read like someone that had been doing a bit too much weed. Remember the time when…

I recall around back when was in high school or so , Motor Trend or maybe Car&Driver did a test of driving on a special course of course of drivers who smoked a doobey vs ones who had a drink. All the ones with a drink under their belt did worse than when with out a drink. Many of the doobey driver…

Speaking of VW Bugs and all that can go wrong if you drive while smoking the Devil’s lettuce… I’m sure that’s just a root beer in his hand.

Time to grow your own again. “Overdose” is a very generic term that disquises what has actually happened when dealers put stuff in their product that should not be there. These are people that can’t be trusted not to try to maximise their profits at the cost of the welbeing of their clientele. (Oh k…

[image] wavyonwheels: “Overdose” is a very generic term that disquises what has actually happened when dealers put stuff in their product that should not be there. Not always…you can have an overdose on anything…prescription meds, OTC meds, Antifreeze, etc. Overdose isn’t just referring to il…

[image] pyrolord314: Big Pharm doesn’t help anything, but it’s the insurance companies that are running and ruining healthcare We have strayed form the topic (mea culpa )but while insurance comanies are part of the equation they are just paying (some) of what the providers charge. ER staffi…

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pyrolord314 February 19, 2020, 3:38pm 18

I work in an ER…based on what we see come in as overdoses, I can say with certainty that all drugs, even marijuana, are a lot different than they were 50 years ago. And when a personal acquaintance who was a hippie and smoke more than the weight of his old VW bug in weed gives it up because you can’t trust the dealers today not to cut anything into it…

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