The government & nanny state law enforcement agencies need to wake up. I can self medicate on my prescription benzodiazepine insomnia medication before bed, then stumble out of bed still very impaired & drive to work without a problem being picked at a roadside test. If I take my prescription, controlled herbal medicinal cannabis which contains THC, then get roadside tested, there goes my license. Wake up buffoon bureaucrats. Change the laws with the times. The sooner the better, and allow people a chance to get their lives back from debilitating conditions such as chronic insomnia, anxiety, depression & chronic pain. Stop the stigma & drive policy through data & facts, not public or personal opinion.
I've used most drugs in my 38 years. You name it, and I've most likely done it. And without a shadow of a doubt, weed is not a danger, UNLESS the person under the influence is absolutely smashed out of their gourd. But even then, most people who are that stoned are not getting behind the wheel of a car…because 1) the car is all the way outside in the driveway, and 2) they are too happy chilling in front of the tv.
Great story. Maybe what we should be looking at doing is having a roadside mobile device that can measure the % of THC the same way as a roadside breath analysis unit shows a % of alcohol in your breath. Introduce THC driving laws the same as alcohol laws. With the same range of levels as alcohol laws, clear, low, medium and high ranges
Cant they make a test to check for levels in your blood , just like they do with alcohol – the answer is yes they can but they dont want to. wake up its not 1970 anymore
Australia is the most backstabbing country on earth, everything is banned, and if they allow the the most remote freedom it's got a giant con behind it.
Driving under the influence of Oxycontin should be illegal; I had a MVA while taking that opioid pain killer, mainly because my peripheral vision was impaired as well as my reaction time, although the accident wasn't my fault.
To have 264 deaths on the road and 60 were positive to thc that’s nearly 25 percent of them deaths linked to drug driving, to think that you think that’s not linked or a reason you’re a living in fairy land and that’s selfish to drive like that ..
use Colgate toothpaste to get past the drug test. 99.9 percentage anti . works everytime i get pulled over . just put bit in mouth as they pull u over. passes test everytime guys. its flaud there test. or use kfc wicked wings gets past the test as well. there are heaps of ways around a mobile drug test from hi way patrol. heaps guys.
Very controversial subject when it comes to driving but that always only seems to from be non-users who aren't aware of how careful and even over-engaged people are drive on cannabis. Ability to judge distance and potentially dizzy headspins right after smoking would be the main conserns. Anyone driving completely sober the next day of course should be considered a false postive.
If people were really to "trust the science" then marijuana would never have been a problem when it comes to driving. The actual science says that pot affected drivers were found to be better drivers than the non affected drivers in a control group study carried out by the university of California on over 2000 students while they were learning to drive. The "impairment" of pot affected drivers is a beat up and should be dismissed as it has no merit or as the story points out, no metric to base judgement upon.
About time, it’s great that Australia is beginning to wake up to countless peer reviewed studies and health professionals petitioning for change. Let’s hope that Australia and the rest of the world substantially revise their drug laws in the next year to be based on data and logic rather than fear and hysteria.
The current laws make no sense. In South Australia personal consumption is not a crime, however, the next day when all effects and impairment have gone if you drive you are a criminal! Committing a misdemeanor offence one day becomes a crime the next!
I’m in the same situation. The cannabis oil is the best thing I’ve ever had for my health issues. All doctor’s did was to keep pumping pain killers into me. I was a walking zombie but was still allowed to drive. Now on prescribed medicinal oil I function like a normal person with none of the side effects but am now breaking the law. Go figure. Love our politicians and archaic laws.
NOBODY WOULD ARGUE WHICH IS WORSE ,,, A DRUNK DRIVER ,,, OR A POT SMOKER , ALCOHOL IS A ROAD CARNAGE DRUG ,,, POT SLOWS YOIU DOWN & MAKES YOU CAUTIOUS ,,, IT HAS BEEN PROVEN
We need a level as we do have for alcohol. My wife has been using this now prescribed by doctors. Let’s get a level and an exemption for medical diagnosis cannabis users , not dopers, and let these people get their lives back.
Legalize it!
Past my test smoking both car an motorcycle tbh
The government & nanny state law enforcement agencies need to wake up. I can self medicate on my prescription benzodiazepine insomnia medication before bed, then stumble out of bed still very impaired & drive to work without a problem being picked at a roadside test. If I take my prescription, controlled herbal medicinal cannabis which contains THC, then get roadside tested, there goes my license. Wake up buffoon bureaucrats. Change the laws with the times. The sooner the better, and allow people a chance to get their lives back from debilitating conditions such as chronic insomnia, anxiety, depression & chronic pain. Stop the stigma & drive policy through data & facts, not public or personal opinion.
I've used most drugs in my 38 years. You name it, and I've most likely done it. And without a shadow of a doubt, weed is not a danger, UNLESS the person under the influence is absolutely smashed out of their gourd. But even then, most people who are that stoned are not getting behind the wheel of a car…because 1) the car is all the way outside in the driveway, and 2) they are too happy chilling in front of the tv.
Great story.
Maybe what we should be looking at doing is having a roadside mobile device that can measure the % of THC the same way as a roadside breath analysis unit shows a % of alcohol in your breath. Introduce THC driving laws the same as alcohol laws. With the same range of levels as alcohol laws, clear, low, medium and high ranges
What medical heroin driving rules?
No one mentioned the gigantic pharmaceutical company elephant in the room.
There is a test, that allows researchers to determine the amount of impairment in divers and the effects of nitrogen.
I believe that there is a test for impairment.
ya can buy special mouth wash 😉
Don’t listen to the bleeding hearts, it affects your driving ability big time. Source. Former smoker
Good for you mate,about time things change.
Poor thing I hope Docters can help him.
Cant they make a test to check for levels in your blood , just like they do with alcohol – the answer is yes they can but they dont want to. wake up its not 1970 anymore
Australia is the most backstabbing country on earth, everything is banned, and if they allow the the most remote freedom it's got a giant con behind it.
The govt just want our money they dont care about our rights mate
Driving under the influence of Oxycontin should be illegal; I had a MVA while taking that opioid pain killer, mainly because my peripheral vision was impaired as well as my reaction time, although the accident wasn't my fault.
Thank you for bring this to light
To have 264 deaths on the road and 60 were positive to thc that’s nearly 25 percent of them deaths linked to drug driving, to think that you think that’s not linked or a reason you’re a living in fairy land and that’s selfish to drive like that ..
Thank you for your service Scott. And for coming forward like this.
lets make weed legal guys. it helps so many people cancer . pain relief. i have arthritis and it helps me with pain in joints and my sleeping disorder
use Colgate toothpaste to get past the drug test. 99.9 percentage anti . works everytime i get pulled over . just put bit in mouth as they pull u over. passes test everytime guys. its flaud there test. or use kfc wicked wings gets past the test as well. there are heaps of ways around a mobile drug test from hi way patrol. heaps guys.
Actually, studies have shown people who smoke cannabis are safer drivers.
PS. Moreover, a middle-aged patient's level of tolerance is such they no longer get "impaired".
Very controversial subject when it comes to driving but that always only seems to from be non-users who aren't aware of how careful and even over-engaged people are drive on cannabis. Ability to judge distance and potentially dizzy headspins right after smoking would be the main conserns. Anyone driving completely sober the next day of course should be considered a false postive.
If people were really to "trust the science" then marijuana would never have been a problem when it comes to driving. The actual science says that pot affected drivers were found to be better drivers than the non affected drivers in a control group study carried out by the university of California on over 2000 students while they were learning to drive. The "impairment" of pot affected drivers is a beat up and should be dismissed as it has no merit or as the story points out, no metric to base judgement upon.
About time, it’s great that Australia is beginning to wake up to countless peer reviewed studies and health professionals petitioning for change. Let’s hope that Australia and the rest of the world substantially revise their drug laws in the next year to be based on data and logic rather than fear and hysteria.
Drug addicts
yep I get this. and yet I can drive under a limit and I feel more impaired with alcohol under the legal limit….
The current laws make no sense. In South Australia personal consumption is not a crime, however, the next day when all effects and impairment have gone if you drive you are a criminal!
Committing a misdemeanor offence one day becomes a crime the next!
Yep. Can't be legal and illegal at the same time. Might as well be a setup.
Our pain meds have a sticker that says “do not drive if affected”
I’m in the same situation. The cannabis oil is the best thing I’ve ever had for my health issues. All doctor’s did was to keep pumping pain killers into me. I was a walking zombie but was still allowed to drive. Now on prescribed medicinal oil I function like a normal person with none of the side effects but am now breaking the law. Go figure. Love our politicians and archaic laws.
for those of you who don't know, there are saliva cleansers . Use them . Drive without fear.
VETERANS OF WAR ZONES NEED TO FORGET ,,, POT DOES THIS REALLY WELL
NOBODY WOULD ARGUE WHICH IS WORSE ,,, A DRUNK DRIVER ,,, OR A POT SMOKER , ALCOHOL IS A ROAD CARNAGE DRUG ,,, POT SLOWS YOIU DOWN & MAKES YOU CAUTIOUS ,,, IT HAS BEEN PROVEN
MOST PEOPLE WOULD PASS A DRIVING TEST ON THC ….
THAT LEAVES ONLY BAD DRIVERS ANYWAY
Cops look so proud of themselves. Go f yourself you predators
Wow 60 deaths… omg… these politicians laws cause more deaths…
We need a level as we do have for alcohol. My wife has been using this now prescribed by doctors. Let’s get a level and an exemption for medical diagnosis cannabis users , not dopers, and let these people get their lives back.
There IS a breathaliser for cannibis