Yes! On average - after a state legalizes medicinal marijuana – that state sees a 9% decline in traffic deaths.
48%
No! States won't adopt a common sense drug policy that saves lives.
53%
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It's kind if a false choice here... I'm not saying we can't legalize pot, but a 9% drop in traffic fatalities seems like a relatively small claim and a dubious connection to the marijuana legalization. If I were a state legislator and someone came to me with only that, they would not be getting a vote out of me.
WOW.....serious non sequitor.....but let's see what we can make of it.
Clearly in order to actually pose this question, one would expect that car fatalities resulting from
those under the influence of marijuana were both available and verifiable? That is to say that
those under the influence were the cause of, rather than the victims of. Being somewhat CSI minded here,
I am curious as to HOW this evidence was obtained...and if TRUE, why legalisation would change the results?
The problem with "talking" for a living...is that it requires you to keep talking...I guess it pays well, even when pointless...
and makes mistakes like Stockholm, Denmark slip right by your editor's? ( ancient sunlight )
Tom,
I'm an avid follower of you -- but this connection is a bit far fetched. I'm all for the legalization of cannibis, but let's come up with more substantive reasons that can be documented.
John, in Vermont
I voted yes since I'm an optimist at heart and choose to believe that all will turn out for the best in the long run. Mankind can only go on this way for so long before a total collapse and then we'll be forced to reboot, like a Jubilee?
I smoked pot on occasion when I was young. Tried it the first time at age 30, which was 1971. Never bought any, but smoked it now and then. Much better then drinking and no hangover. But like anything else, gotta stay moderate, much like people should do with drinking alcohol. Less is better then more.