I think it's safe to say most of these are because of alcohol.Mixing drugs and driving, whether it's marijuana or legally prescribed muscle relaxers, is just as illegal as driving drunk and can also constitute a DUI offense. Doctor's orders are no defense to drugged driving charges.
A 2010 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that roughly 10 million Americans drove under the influence of illegal drugs in the previous year. More than 18 percent of fatally injured drivers in tested positive for at least one illegal or prescription drug in 2009, according to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Another NHTSA survey found that one in five motorists killed in car crashes in 2009 tested positive for drugs.
- See more at: Driving Under the Influence of Drugs - FindLaw
Mixing drugs and driving, whether it's marijuana or legally prescribed muscle relaxers, is just as illegal as driving drunk and can also constitute a DUI offense. Doctor's orders are no defense to drugged driving charges.
A 2010 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that roughly 10 million Americans drove under the influence of illegal drugs in the previous year. More than 18 percent of fatally injured drivers in tested positive for at least one illegal or prescription drug in 2009, according to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Another NHTSA survey found that one in five motorists killed in car crashes in 2009 tested positive for drugs.
- See more at: Driving Under the Influence of Drugs - FindLaw
This should be a surprise to no one. When you go to a doctor they ALWAYS offer you some kind of pill. Your toe hurts? No problem, we have a pill for that. Feeling a little down? No problem, take a few of these. You're awake? We have a pill to put you to sleep. You're drowsy? We have pills to keep you awake. Your farts don't smell like strawberries? No problem, just down two blue ones and a yellow one.
It's freaking ridiculous. I've been offered narcotics for the most minor stuff and I hear from others that they get mood altering stuff for absolutely anything. It's a joke.
Mixing drugs and driving, whether it's marijuana or legally prescribed muscle relaxers, is just as illegal as driving drunk and can also constitute a DUI offense. Doctor's orders are no defense to drugged driving charges.
A 2010 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) found that roughly 10 million Americans drove under the influence of illegal drugs in the previous year. More than 18 percent of fatally injured drivers in tested positive for at least one illegal or prescription drug in 2009, according to a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Another NHTSA survey found that one in five motorists killed in car crashes in 2009 tested positive for drugs.
- See more at: Driving Under the Influence of Drugs - FindLaw
This should be a surprise to no one. When you go to a doctor they ALWAYS offer you some kind of pill. Your toe hurts? No problem, we have a pill for that. Feeling a little down? No problem, take a few of these. You're awake? We have a pill to put you to sleep. You're drowsy? We have pills to keep you awake. Your farts don't smell like strawberries? No problem, just down two blue ones and a yellow one.
It's freaking ridiculous. I've been offered narcotics for the most minor stuff and I hear from others that they get mood altering stuff for absolutely anything. It's a joke.
This should be a surprise to no one. When you go to a doctor they ALWAYS offer you some kind of pill. Your toe hurts? No problem, we have a pill for that. Feeling a little down? No problem, take a few of these. You're awake? We have a pill to put you to sleep. You're drowsy? We have pills to keep you awake. Your farts don't smell like strawberries? No problem, just down two blue ones and a yellow one.
It's freaking ridiculous. I've been offered narcotics for the most minor stuff and I hear from others that they get mood altering stuff for absolutely anything. It's a joke.
There is this interesting thing about drugs many people are unaware of. I found this out the other day at a hotel. You see there was this crack dealer, and all he had was crack so I wasn't interested. He even wanted to give me some for free. Do you know what happened? I said this word called no, and I did not take any. No one came in and forced me to take it. I did not have any shakes or desire to have some. I did not die without it. i never even had any regrets from not taking it. You know what is even more amazing? had there been absolute freedom for me to take it, as there pretty much were no police or prevention people around, I still would not have taken it.
Imagine people with a choice actually chosing not to take drugs without billions of wasted dollars and other crap keeping them from doing something. You can do that too you know. There is no problem with saying no. However, for those who do not wish to say no it is often nice they can get prescriptions at least and do not have to abide by your choices. Oh, and you can have your cane back to go chase the kids off the lawn.
You mean to say you think individuals might make good choices without big daddy government making choices for them? Perish the thought! Next, you'll maintain that big daddy government sometimes makes poor choices as well.
Drivers who tested positive for alcohol only, benzodiazepines only and the combinations of alcohol and THC and alcohol and benzodiazepines were significantly more likely to be culpable for the crash compared with the drug-free group. Conversely, a lower percentage of drivers who only tested positive for THC were culpable for the crash compared with drug-free drivers.
Longo MC, Hunter CE, Lokan RJ, White JM, White MA, "The prevalence of alcohol, cannabinoids, benzodiazepines and stimulants amongst injured drivers and their role in driver culpability: part ii: the relationship between drug prevalence and drug concentration, and driver culpability." Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia. mlongo@medicine.adelaide.edu.au
Couldn't open the link. I'd accept a sentence-or-two summary if you'd offer it.
My apologies, the email link must have been snuck in. I didn't post a link because it was the actual research paper that had been emailed to me via pdf. Here is a link to the study.
It is a pdf .
"This web page is unavailable" Must be a problem on my end- my internet access is by satellite dish and kind of capricious. I get it that the study says that people under the influence of THC were less likely to cause a crash than drug-free people.
It's surprising, but only mildly so. Pot, while certainly not a performance-enhancing substance, isn't as incapacitating as alcohol or some other drugs.
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