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   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article    
   Steady Eddy  writes:   
      
   >Drugging and driving, drinking and driving are the same thing. I think   
   >methadone users should not be allowed to have a license. People get   
   >high off of methadone when they take it. I don't want to take a   
   >chance. Marijuana driving is just plain wrong. Crack down on everyone.   
      
   Total bollocks.   
      
   Addicts on methadone maintenance don't get high off of methadone, they get   
   "normal".  It's much better for an addict to drive after a maintenance dose   
   than for an addict to drive while jonesing or in withdrawal.   
      
   And studies by the US DOT have found that marijuana-only using drivers do not   
   have accidents at a higher rate than totally sober drivers.  In fact the rate   
   was slightly lower for marijuana-only users, but not enough lower to be   
   statistically significant.   
      
   Mixing marijuana with alcohol, however, makes one a worse driver than alcohol   
   alone.  Alcohol, cell phone and PDA disractions, and sleepiness are probably   
   the biggest problems for causing accidents.   
      
   Since you claim to speak for Christians, why not take the log out of your   
   own eye before trying to take the speck out of someone else's eye?   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
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