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Marijuana's Risk To Drivers Debated
Posted by CN Staff on November 29, 2013 at 19:53:48 PT
By Dan Freedman
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Washington -- As California advocates ponder a renewed push to legalize marijuana for adults, law enforcement officials and traffic safety experts are warning of a side effect of states allowing the drug for medical or recreational use: the danger caused by people driving while high.Research is incomplete on how much marijuana it takes to impair driving. But Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said being even a little intoxicated on marijuana is unacceptable.
"Smoking marijuana has a very negative effect on your ability to operate a motor vehicle," Kerlikowske said. "It's quite dangerous to you, your passengers and others on the road."Marijuana advocates acknowledge that driving under the influence of cannabis is ill-advised. But they argue that law enforcement's concern is overblown, and point to a 2012 study that concluded the auto accident risk posed by marijuana is on par with antihistamines and penicillin.Legalization MovesThe debate over marijuana and highway safety is set against the backdrop of last year's decision by Washington state and Colorado voters to legalize marijuana for personal use, as well as by the passage of medical marijuana laws in California and 19 other states. Californians rejected full legalization in 2010, but advocates buoyed by polls showing increasing public acceptance of recreational use by adults hope to return to the ballot next year or 2016.Law enforcement officials say that while traffic fatalities in Colorado decreased 16 percent from 2006 to 2011, deaths involving drivers testing positive for just marijuana increased 114 percent during the same period.And in Washington, according to Chuck Hayes of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, tests confirming the presence in drivers of THC - marijuana's active ingredient - have made up 42 percent of the state's toxicology lab caseload this year, an increase from 26 percent last year."I'm not sure the public really understands the danger of it," said Hayes, a retired Oregon State Police captain who trains police officers to be drug-recognition experts. "A lot of education needs to be done in this area."SnippedComplete Article: http://drugsense.org/url/CCZHP1sJSource: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)Author: Dan FreedmanPublished: November 29, 2013Copyright: 2013 San Francisco Chronicle Contact: letters sfchronicle.comWebsite: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/CannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 
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Comment #9 posted by runruff on December 02, 2013 at 04:44:50 PT
Nice!
So the Freedman wants the rest of us in bondage!Nice!
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Comment #8 posted by The GCW on December 01, 2013 at 15:32:35 PT
Pot editor?
Q&A with Ricardo Baca, The Post's new marijuana editor.http://blogs.denverpost.com/editors/2013/11/27/qa-with-ricardo-baca-the-posts-new-marijuana-editor/1410/
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Comment #7 posted by Sam Adams on December 01, 2013 at 15:27:15 PT
this article
Observer, did you read to the very last line of this article?>>>Dan Freedman is a reporter in the Hearst Newspapers Washington bureau.Well well, what do we have here? Citizen Kane himself doesn't want you to have herb. 
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Comment #6 posted by observer on November 30, 2013 at 14:34:06 PT
traffic fatalities in Colorado decreased
re: "Law enforcement officials say that while traffic fatalities in Colorado decreased 16 percent from 2006 to 2011, deaths involving drivers testing positive for just marijuana increased 114 percent during the same period."Bad mistake and slip-up. They let on that "traffic fatalities in Colorado decreased 16 percent from 2006 to 2011".Oops! The editor should have caught that factoid and deleted it. Big mess-up there. Facts like that just confuse people and provide ammo for Legalizers. That's a- no good.Better crank up the mockingbird mainstream media now to trumpet "MORE DRIVERS TESTING POSITIVE FOR POT!" all the more, to muddy the waters, alarm and confuse the sheep.
http://drugnewsbot.org
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Comment #5 posted by afterburner on November 30, 2013 at 07:27:48 PT
The GCW #4
"One key ingredient" One ingredient? What about CBD and its anti-seizure properties? That article displays reefer ignorance!
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Comment #4 posted by The GCW on November 30, 2013 at 06:52:55 PT
News 
Pot: Hundreds of names, one key ingredient and far-reaching effectshttp://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24627637/pot-hundreds-names-one-key-ingredient-and-far
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Comment #3 posted by runruff on November 30, 2013 at 05:36:16 PT
Kerli Gil: Public trough feeder.
'bout sums it up!
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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on November 29, 2013 at 21:54:43 PT
I actually came to post this:
Berlin council votes to open first cannabis cafehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25154209-0-BUT SERIOUSLY! What are all these cops going to do if they are not getting enough criminals at the prison factory TO MEET DEMAND? They've caged so many damn people they're running out of criminals and to lose cannabis users on the assembly line will have consequence that will be felt in the law enforcement agency's UNION BUTTock. 
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Comment #1 posted by The GCW on November 29, 2013 at 21:47:10 PT
MORE CRIMINALS FOR COPS.
It's 2013. The moon is dark, There's smoke somewhere and it's time for more REEEEEEFER MADNESSSS. Haven't had enough? Listen to these law enforcement agencies breath new dragon fire into the barf bag.This isn't you father's REEFER MADNESS! \_/ \_/ \_/ Buckets of barf; -0-3rd time will be California's charm. Police unions know it and they have to pull out all the plugs and give it everything. You thought You saw REEFER MADNESS? We haven't seen anything yet.-0-*!...So rather than confront THOSE FEW people who use too much cannabis and drive, WE WANT TO JUST KEEP IT ILLEGAL FOR EVERYONE. More criminals for cops.DID THEY SAY THAT?????? (well they don't come right out and say it...)The GM plant needs more car parts to meed demands. The baker needs more flour to meet demands.What do cops need??? Let Me think, hum, I know, they need mo criminals.This very good for the barf bag manufacturers. If the barf bag manufacturers don't get enough materials to meet demands, We ALL have to use recycled barf bags.And I DON'T WANT TO USE RECYCLED BARF BAGS!So We gotta stop cops from spewing into the environment. That requires more states, lots of states, ALL the states to end the Reefer Madness once and for all.RE-legalize the superplant.
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