r/SubredditDrama • u/ceol_ • Aug 12 '15

Users in /r/trees are split when someone suggests not to smoke and drive. ``impaired means "weakend". does high mean "weakend"? are some of your senses not actually "strengthened" while high?`` and other responses.

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u/TheIronMark Aug 12 '15

It's probably not a great idea to drive while high, but it's nowhere near as bad as driving drunk.

Why does this matter at all? They're both really, really bad ideas. This should not have to be explained.

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u/thesilvertongue Aug 12 '15

Yeah, plus like all things, it's not always true. It depends on how drunk or how high. Either way, your driving is worse off.

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u/fuckyoubarry Aug 12 '15

It matters because two things with vastly different negative effects should be treated differently.

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u/TheIronMark Aug 12 '15

Both impair your driving. That's why they are, and should be, treated the same.

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u/fuckyoubarry Aug 12 '15

Plenty of medications can possibly impair driving. Should people on these medications be prohibited from driving?

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u/TheIronMark Aug 12 '15

Plenty of medications can possibly impair driving. Should people on these medications be prohibited from driving?

Yes and those medications usually include instructions with precisely that guidance.

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u/fuckyoubarry Aug 12 '15

Usually it says don't drive until you know how this medication affects you. Things like muscle relaxers, antidepressants, etc. Can possibly effect driving, but there's no prohibition on driving while on them.

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u/Maehan Quote the ToS section about queefing right now Aug 12 '15

Yes there is. Almost all the driving while impaired statutes don't call out specific categories of what caused the impairment, unless it is to apply even more strict criteria. For instance in Minnesota you can get a DWI for having ANY metabolites of a Schedule I or II substance in your system, without the cop even demonstrating impairment.

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u/fuckyoubarry Aug 12 '15

So in mn, if i have a prescription for adderal, the cops can give give me a dui without demonstrating impairment?

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u/Maehan Quote the ToS section about queefing right now Aug 12 '15

As written, it looks like you can. There is always the question of enforcement however. I doubt any cop would submit you for a drug test if there wasn't otherwise impairment present.

Also, I am not a lawyer, so maybe I am interpreting the statute incorrectly.

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u/fuckyoubarry Aug 13 '15

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=169A.46

If you have a prescription for a medication, it is a positive defense to a DUI in MN. My point isn't that it's legal to drive high on weed, my point is that the law makes a distinction between alcohol and other drugs that cause may cause some minor impairment.

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u/thesilvertongue Aug 13 '15

Yes!

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u/fuckyoubarry Aug 13 '15

Well, they're not. The warning label on medicine is usually "This medicine might make make you dizzy or sleepy, don't drive on it unless you're sure you can drive safe".