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With drunk driving there is a spectacular history of catastrophes to inspire lawmakers. We The People, motivated by M.A.D.D. and others, urged our lawmakers on. Too many, no, FAR TOO MANY tragedies have happened by drunk drivers. Our current laws and tools for law enforcement grew out of this.
There is NO such heinous history like this with ANY other kinds of drugs from caffeine to cannabis, from acid to "X"stasy, (deliberate misspelling). Yes, ALL impair driving, in caffeine's case I suspect quite a bit of road rage and likely more than a few accidents have occurred. Should that be cause to find tools to measure one's blood/caffeine level? Should laws be passed? Should coffee be made illegal? Of course not because the AMOUNT of actual accidents stemming from caffeine abuse, (let's say 2 or more grande lattes per day for a week or more) have not created anywheres near the same tragic history that alcohol has. The same goes for pot. How often have you actually heard about accidents directly attributed to being stoned on pot? Sleeping pills get more recognition here for that and yet they are not outlawed.
If one were to ask ANY cop: Which causes the most mayhem on our public roads, Alcohol or Marijuana? You will get a resounding response of Alcohol. That is why there are things like breathalyzers. There should be no actual need for a pot version in this case. Policemen are well trained to judge levels of impairment. If a guy gets pulled over, obviously impaired the officer has a set of guidelines which work "OK" for now. Yes, folks can try, and often succeed to worm out of this but they do so already even with the rigorous alcohol tests. The bottom line here is to reduce the mayhem, eradication may be a goal but not a realistic one nor is there any urgent need to go that direction with potaholic drivers.
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