Really?

[sithot]

Since legalizing Marijuana, traffic accidents are up in Colorado. DOH.

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/2...ic-fatalities/
Among The Post’s other findings:

"Marijuana is figuring into more fatal crashes overall. In 2013, drivers tested positive for the drug in about 10 percent of all fatal crashes. By 2016, it was 20 percent.
More drivers are testing positive for marijuana and nothing else. Of the drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2014 who tested positive for cannabinoids, more than 52 percent had no alcohol in their system. By 2016, it had grown to 69 percent.
The average age of drivers in deadly crashes in 2015 who tested positive for marijuana was nearly 35, with a quarter of them over 40.
In 2016, of the 115 drivers in fatal wrecks who tested positive for marijuana use, 71 were found to have Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, in their blood, indicating use within hours, according to state data. Of those, 63 percent were over 5 nanograms per milliliter, the state’s limit for driving."

Brilliant.

[Frank Beck]

No kidding Tom; Beevis and Butthead could have called that one.

As if Millennials needed yet another reason to be disengaged and brain dead. What someone chooses to do with their bodies on their own time and in their own space is their business. The moment their irresponsible habit infringes in any way on another’s liberty or life is when they need to come to grips with their selfish and careless behavior.

Someone made the comment to me the other day “You would be surpised at how many people smoke pot.”

Really?

IF that’s true then just make sure you stay away from driving until your little vacation from the difficulties of life wear off.

[LongRanger]

. . . As if Millennials needed yet another reason to be disengaged and brain dead . . .

Think they call that 'recreating'


Then/again ---- 'driving' has SOOOO little to do with legalizing pot . . .

'. . . VS Strategies, a pro-legalization research company in Denver, says the state has pulled in $506 million since retail sales began in January 2014. That includes taxes and fees from medical marijuana, which was legalized years earlier, but the vast majority of the revenue came from recreational . . .'

https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/19/new...nue/index.html


Damn pot-heads . . .

'. . . Colorado has spent most of the money on schools, the research company says. Smaller chunks have gone to drug prevention and treatment programs and to regulating the marijuana industry . . .'

(same as above)



. . . be curious how much money CO makes on car registration, gas taxes, and traffic tickets . . .



. . . and I wonder where THAT money went




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[sebastianroher]

I agree with Frank, I really don't care what anyone does as long as it doesn't put anyone else's life in jeopardy.

I'm sure the real benefits of that money will be short-lived once the state gets their grubby little paws on it.