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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I smell it everywhere too. It is so strange to be driving down the road and suddenly be overwhelmed with the smell even though the windows are rolled up. I can never figure out which car it is coming from, but once I swear it was the postal truck in front of me. And when you have to stand in line with people who reek of pot, ugh. Nasty. Not nearly as bad as cigarettes, but still.

So gross.[/quote]

It's pretty bad when it's coming from a car.  People would freak if they saw someone quaffing a Bud or draining a vodka bottle while driving.  The effect is the same on the driver -- and on the safety risk to pedestrians, motorists and passengers.[/quote]

People should not be driving while stoned but it is nowhere near as dangerous as driving while drunk or impaired:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2011/11/does_marijuana_make_you_a_more_dangerous_driver_than_alcohol_.html
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I wouldn’t cite slate for much.  Has anyone really read Slate since 2003?[/quote]

Oh geez did you even bother to read the article?

In any case there are numerous other articles as well include some academic papers:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722956/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/09/stoned-drivers-are-a-lot-safer-than-drunk-ones-new-federal-data-show/?utm_term=.dc264f5ddbe0

And yeah driving stoned is a lot less dangerous than driving drunk.[/quote]

As my mother said, the lesser of two evils means you're still faced with two evils.

Pot is a mind altering substance, no ifs and buts about it. Cigarettes are a substance but not a mind altering one. Pot should be classified along with alcohol and drivers penalized and prosecuted for driving under the influence of pot. [/quote]

I assume you still didn't bother to read the linked pieces.  It sounds like Pot is far less mind and performance altering than alcohol which is certainly my personal experience (and based on your tone I doubt you have much personal experience).  And pot is also far less ubiquitous despite the odd comments from whoever started this thread and seems to smell it everywhere.

I'm far, far more concerned about people using their cell phones while driving which is far more common at this point than driving drunk or stoned.[/quote]

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