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<blockquote data-quote="Lycanthrope" data-source="post: 233489" data-attributes="member: 562">There have been reports some pharmacies are actually putting 'no on 3' brochures in peoples bags when they stop to pick up their LEGAL drugs...- - - Updated - - -Might find this interesting also... DUI fears are largely exaggerated.The prevalence of both alcohol and cannabis use and the high morbidity&nbsp; associated with motor vehicle crashes has lead to a plethora of research&nbsp; on the link between the two. Drunk drivers are involved in 25% of motor&nbsp; vehicle fatalities, and many accidents involve drivers who test&nbsp; positive for cannabis. Cannabis and alcohol acutely impair several&nbsp; driving-related skills in a dose-related fashion, but the effects of&nbsp; cannabis vary more between individuals than they do with alcohol because&nbsp; of tolerance, differences in smoking technique, and different&nbsp; absorptions of Δ[SUP]9[/SUP]-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active&nbsp; ingredient in marijuana. Detrimental effects of cannabis use vary in a&nbsp; dose-related fashion, and are more pronounced with highly automatic&nbsp; driving functions than with more complex tasks that require conscious&nbsp; control, whereas with alcohol produces an opposite pattern of&nbsp; impairment. Because of both this and an increased awareness that they&nbsp; are impaired, marijuana smokers tend to compensate effectively while&nbsp; driving by utilizing a variety of behavioral strategies. Combining&nbsp; marijuana with alcohol eliminates the ability to use such strategies&nbsp; effectively, however, and results in impairment even at doses which&nbsp; would be insignificant were they of either drug alone. Epidemiological&nbsp; studies have been inconclusive regarding whether cannabis use causes an&nbsp; increased risk of accidents; in contrast, unanimity exists that alcohol&nbsp; use increases crash risk. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722956/" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722956/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lycanthrope, post: 233489, member: 562"] There have been reports some pharmacies are actually putting 'no on 3' brochures in peoples bags when they stop to pick up their LEGAL drugs... [COLOR=silver][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] Might find this interesting also... DUI fears are largely exaggerated. The prevalence of both alcohol and cannabis use and the high morbidity associated with motor vehicle crashes has lead to a plethora of research on the link between the two. Drunk drivers are involved in 25% of motor vehicle fatalities, and many accidents involve drivers who test positive for cannabis. Cannabis and alcohol acutely impair several driving-related skills in a dose-related fashion, but the effects of cannabis vary more between individuals than they do with alcohol because of tolerance, differences in smoking technique, and different absorptions of Δ[SUP]9[/SUP]-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana. Detrimental effects of cannabis use vary in a dose-related fashion, and are more pronounced with highly automatic driving functions than with more complex tasks that require conscious control, whereas with alcohol produces an opposite pattern of impairment. [B]Because of[/B] [B]both this and an increased awareness that they are impaired, marijuana smokers tend to compensate effectively while driving by utilizing a variety of behavioral strategies.[/B] Combining marijuana with alcohol eliminates the ability to use such strategies effectively, however, and results in impairment even at doses which would be insignificant were they of either drug alone. Epidemiological studies have been inconclusive regarding whether cannabis use causes an increased risk of accidents; in contrast, unanimity exists that alcohol use increases crash risk. [URL]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722956/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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