Re:Cops are making fewer arrests since N.J. got rid of cash ...
by benzoate on Friday November 15, 2019 @11:38AM
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The same could be said of alcohol, but I doubt most people who are drinking are also driving while under the influence.
Re:Cops are making fewer arrests since N.J. got rid of cash ...
by wil421 on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:00PM
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There’s a test and a legal limit for alcohol. At the moment for drugs, even prescribed ones, any amount is enough for a DUI. In my state, I can legally have 3 beers in an hour and drive but couldn’t have one hit of a joint and legally drive.
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by ViViDboarder on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:24PM
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I don’t avoid driving drunk because it can be tested for. I avoid it because it’s dangerous.
It’s absurd to think that most people who do other types of drugs are willing to drive while intoxicated while they aren’t while drunk.
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by wil421 on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:41PM
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I didn’t say what you alluded to in your last paragraph. Legally people can and do drink and drive, it’s illegal to consume drugs and drive in any amount (in my state).
My personal experiences in high school and college lead me to believe a lot of people think it’s ok to smoke and drive and to some extent do other things. While they will avoid drunk driving just because it’s much easier to detect alcohol.
Not all drug users are addicts but addicts, especially functioning ones, are doing the day to day stuff everyone else does.
Doesn’t matter if we like it or not scientists are trying to develop a THC test for driving in legal states. It’s going suck for a lot of people until they get it right.
FYI, I believe in a form of decriminalization for drug use. I call it carrot or stick.