So Colorado…145% increase in fatal car crashes where the driver was under the influence of MJ since 2013. Huge increase in children 12-17 getting high. Dispensaries concentrating in low income neighborhoods. All is not well in MJ land it seems.
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Probably an industry funded study, designed for those who financially benefit from the illegality of cannabis.
So if Big Pharma got it’s way then the choice of the public would be limited and deaths would rise. But hey, it’s all good, anything for more money. Even if it results in more deaths, so be it, they need to make more money. The inexorable greed for more profits. Wow what a great system we have in this country.
Or, you know, those pesky things called “facts”.
Not by a long shot but then liquor stores do too and I want my booze legal as well 
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Not directing this comment at you.
All of the above stats are completely useless as reasons for keep MJ illegal unless said person also supports making alcohol illegal.
You could probably square those numbers are still not touch booze problems
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You’re trading opioid OD deaths for MJ traffic fatalities. Everyone’s going to die anyway, but MJ is not harmless.
I’m in favor of legalization btw. But your tenor of treating pot like some healthcare panacea is lunacy. It’s no more a “sacred plant” than the opium poppy.
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Agreed. Just like to do things with eyes open. I think taking anything you want to take should be legal.
I just don’t like the deity status some people give cannabis.
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A lot of people are acting like its a get out of reality free card.
It ain’t.
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When a state legalizes fireworks, the percentage of people in fatal car crashes that also possess fireworks increases.
Do fireworks have anything to do with car crashes? No.
Does being under the influence of MJ increase the chance of a fatal car crash? The stat you post doesn’t tell us yes or no.
I can tell you the answer is yes.
That’s why driving high is for fucking losers and shitbags
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very good point. the data in and of itself doesn’t demonstrate much…
That being said, pfury is correct. I’ve driven high. It’s impairing. I can absolutely guarantee that when I drove high, I was more likely to be involved in a traffic accident, no doubt about it. It was dangerous.
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This. So much this.
Side tangent. A LARGE pet peeve of mine irt MJ is this notion that people actually drive safer when high on MJ. “they’ve don’t studies and they were actually safer.” Well no shit people smoking weed with a higher likelihood to get paranoid pay very close attention in a monitored test. Fucking duh. Test some random schmuck going to get Taco Bell.
It’s like the worst Zep-ism that I have to fight against. Maybe second after the “smoking MJ doesn’t have negative health effects” crowd.
/Endrant
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Anybody else hear about Epidiolex?
I’m expecting Zep to drop the news on us at any moment…
It’s April 20th 2 hours from the start of the weekend. I didn’t hear about shitttttt
Do tell though. Pre Zep the Zep
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So I guess those facts that I posted, that say the opposite of his study, don’t count? When money is involved you must always be alert.
You’re assuming that the "study’ you posted are viable. Which they are not. Big Pharma lobbied against it’s legalization for fear it would diminish their profits. Which it has. Public deaths are not a concern. More profit is. This country rocks and capitalism is awesome!
Says the guy who has weed in his system everytime he steps into a car.
Glorious.
The shit? You know this how? From being in my bushes when I go to the grocery store? From me ever having said it before?
Asking for a friend.
A common refrain from cannabis opponents has long been that there is no scientific evidence that anything associated with cannabis can be medicine.
Total bullshit!
So why does the U.S. hold a patent on cannabis?
The reason this will be allowed to be sold is that it’s a drug and can be patent. So therefore profits can be made. That is the main concern.
PubMed info.
Unrelated, but I am reading about Universal Credit. It’s an interesting concept. I bring it up here because it’s a great example of why the cost of a universal healthcare will almost certainly cost waaaaayyyyyyy more than Senior Sanders says (Yes this is the UK).
Budget £2.2B
Re-stated Budget £12.8B (581.8% increase)
Re-stated Budget V2 £15.8B (+123.4%)
Total budgetary increase 718.2%. Are you fucking kidding me?
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That’s with a population of 65.6 million people.
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