Poll: Can you drive after using cannabis

Can you Drive after consuming cannabis. The point is not to condemn you either way.

  • Yes I'm perfectly able to drive after using Cannabis and have done so successfully many times

    Votes: 40 74.1%

  • Nope I'm better off no where near a vehicle as a driver.

    Votes: 2 3.7%

  • I don't know, I've never tried.

    Votes: 5 9.3%

  • Sometimes I can and other times no.

    Votes: 4 7.4%

  • No one should ever do this.

    Votes: 6 11.1%
  • Total voters
    54
racerboy71

racerboy71

bud bootlegger
the only problem i have driving stoned is spilling the bong water all over myself.. i really hate when that happens.. :D

but in all seriousness, i've been driving stoned almost as long as i've been driving, and do it rather well. i take my driving skills rather serious, and i'd be the first to admit if i thought that driving stoned was even some what dangerous.. i won't drive drunk, but driving stoned is completely different..
i'd love to see a scientific study on the effects of stoned driving vs sober driving, but until i do, i'll take my own experience on it and say if you're even some what of a decent driver sober, and are not a light weight smoker, driving stoned is not a big deal, at all.. i've noticed my radio gets a bit louder, as does my singing, when i'm driving stoned, that's about it..
 
ayr0n

ayr0n

Well-Known Member
What happens if you have a medical card, are medicated, and get into an accident? Thought the law specified not to operate a vehicle, but I could be wrong. If that were the case though, wouldn't it require a lot of people (whom need frequent medication) to turn into hermits or face the possibility of charges (ie; DUI or DWI)? Kinda shitty - especially since most people can control their "influence" pretty well when it comes to MJ. Like some of the others said, it makes me more cautious if anything...opposite of alcohol.
 
Yessica...

Yessica...

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I can sometimes, and sometimes not. I find the standard vehicle I drive (which is a total shit-box) is a pretty good tester. If I stall, at any point in the first 5 seconds - I park and decide it's a good day for a walk....hahaha
 
Blindnslow

Blindnslow

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When I was in my teens and twenties I did all the time. Especially on long hwy trips out of state w/ a one hitter toking ever 30 min. Always made the driving go faster. I smoked Mexican weed as a younger man most of the time so I never got TOO high. Now in my 40s I have to much to lose and its not worth the risk of jail or probation IMHO. That and the smoke now is way better than what I had access to in the 80s and 90s. Impairment would almost be guaranteed in my case after a fatty..
 
Big Pauly

Big Pauly

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never got pulled over by a cop for being ripped on percocet back in the day I hear you brother
ayr0n said:
What happens if you have a medical card, are medicated, and get into an accident? Thought the law specified not to operate a vehicle, but I could be wrong. If that were the case though, wouldn't it require a lot of people (whom need frequent medication) to turn into hermits or face the possibility of charges (ie; DUI or DWI)? Kinda shitty - especially since most people can control their "influence" pretty well when it comes to MJ. Like some of the others said, it makes me more cautious if anything...opposite of alcohol.
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WHATFG

WHATFG

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Big Pauly said:
never got pulled over by a cop for being ripped on percocet back in the day I hear you brother
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I took 500mg of morphine 2x a day and would drive wherever I had to including road trips. That video just goes to show that tolerance is built up over time. I would suggest that if the bearded guy and the girl smoked that amount on a regular basis they would improve on their driving over time because it wouldn't affect them the same way.
 
j0yr1d3

j0yr1d3

Well-Known Member
I did it as a teen all the time, young and dumb or whatever. Now I generally don't drive after medicating, at least not for the first hour. Usually when I need to drive somewhere it's just to run errands or get to/from work anyway so I can wait to medicate. Sometimes I take trips to visit family though and there's a lot of open highway here so a joint is nice for comfort on the long trip. From my experience it depends on your tolerance if you can operate a vehicle responsibly or not while medicated. I'm totally fine cruising the highway after 1 joint, but wouldn't want to do it after a 2 hour bong session or anything.
 
The Hippy

The Hippy

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Very interesting answers so far here everyone....Thanks to all for their own personal story. I think it very informative to see how you all feel about your personal abilities and capabilities.
Keep it going folks if you haven't added your own story.
 
Yessica...

Yessica...

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Teenager - I got lost driving 3 blocks away from my house after brewing BT's under the lamplight for...oh hours. I didn't drive on the pot again.....until....

Last year? Whenever I started smoking weed everyday, and it stopped effecting me.

Still never on the cookies though. Cookies mean foot transport for me... Or a pony. oooooh....
 
bird mcbride

bird mcbride

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I've been driving since 1979 stoned on weed everyday. I have never been charged for any moving violation.
After smashing back four doobies of good ol' Columbian and a beer I went and passed my road test to operate emergency vehicles in 1980:) I had no problem passing the road test.
Everyone is different so take care:)
 
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