Pot Fuels Surge in Drugged Driving Deaths

NBCNews ^ | February 15th 2014 | BILL BRIGGS

[South40]

To pot lovers on this thread and elsewhere I say—try a little harder to understand when you’ve been suckered.

I hold a libertarian view when it comes to pot use. It's not for me but if someone else wants to smoke it, that's their business. However, when they do so and drive putting innocents at risk (myself and my family included) that's when I have a problem with it.

I have seen FReepers defend smoking cigarettes in public buildings. And they say that if it bothers anyone they needn't go in those buildings. And for the most part, I don't. But we all pay to use the roadways, so I'll be damned if I am going to not use them because drugged up stoners want to drive stoned.

[NVDave]

Oh, I can appreciate the sarcasm. I’ve instigated meetings like that too.

The propaganda of “Safety is Job Number One!” stuff really grinds me. Safety is about job #3, I’d say. Somewhere after “making a profit” (#1) and “keeping the customer happy” (#2) and “being able to go home at night,” which is #4.