Pubdate: Mon, 28 Nov 2011
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2011 Keith Morrison
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477
Author: Keith Morrison
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n674/a08.html

HAS THE TIME COME TO END POT PROHIBITION?

Re: Ex-mayors call for end to pot prohibition, Nov. 24

So the ex-mayors of Vancouver want to legalize marijuana?

What have they been smoking?

Perhaps they could answer the following questions, in the context of 
driving of automobiles:

1. Does marijuana cause impairment?

2. Is there, at this point, a defined level of impairment (like the 
alcohol 0.05 measurement)?

3. Is there a quick and reliable testing procedure to determine the 
level of impairment?

4. Would someone who has been drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana, 
and below the impairment level for either, be impaired by the 
combination of both?

While the answer to No. 1 is yes, I would bet that the other 
questions remain unanswered.

The MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) people, who have been so 
successful in bringing alcohol and driving to the general discussion, 
must be fairly upset that these former mayors want to add another 
drug to the equation.

In addition, it is a somewhat specious argument to equate smoking 
tobacco with smoking marijuana. There haven't been many reported 
accidents involving smoking tobacco.

Keith Morrison

Vancouver
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