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   XPost: talk.politics.libertarian, alt.drugs, alt.politics.libertarian   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   Brother Nate wrote:   
   > Dan Clore wrote:   
   >> The Truth-O-Meter Says:   
   >>   
   >> "More people are driving under the influence of drugs than are driving   
   >> under the influence of alcohol. A recent roadside survey showed that 16   
   >> percent of the people tested, tested positive for illicit or licit   
   >> drugs. That's significantly higher than alcohol."   
   >>   
   >> Gil Kerlikowske on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 in an interview on   
   >> C-SPAN's Washington Journal   
   >> Drug czar says more people drive under influence of drugs than alcohol   
   >> Rated: Half-True   
   >   
   > Clearly there's some spin involved in the interpretation of these   
   > numbers, but at the bottom line I've always been troubled by a   
   > sort of folklore assertion I've heard from the pot smoking crowd   
   > that pot impairs driving less than alcohol and so therefore it's   
   > perfectly fine to go out and drive, not just while you "test   
   > positive", > but in fact *while* *you* *are* *high*.   
      
   	I don't think anyone should drive under the influence of   
   drugs but some people, former friends, in fact have done so   
   with out particular problems.  Former friends because they have   
   died of things like aneurysms and uncontrollable diabetes.   
      
   >   
   > This has never given me confidence that they're being honest   
   > about the way their drug use affects their behavior or the people   
   > around them.  The argument always gets back around to the   
   > claim that "if I'm not hurting anybody else then it's nobody else's   
   > business", but that claim just loses a lot of its impact when it   
   > comes from a person who actively and deliberately avoids   
   > thinking about whether somebody around them might be   
   > getting hurt.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Brother Nate   
   > bronate@gmail.com   
   > Moral Compass   
      
   	Then you should check with the California Highway Patrol and   
   the Netherlands reports on the matter.   
      
   	Some of the effect is that people who drive while high are   
   extra careful to compensate for the effect.  Alcohol fuddled drivers   
   are too drunk to believe they are drunk and don't attempt to   
   compensate.   
      
   	later   
   	bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)