Colossus said:
^I've been guilty of daily xbox lately. Games are just more fun than TV these days.
With drugs, I think weed can be an exception. It's all about frequency, at least in my opinion. In moderation it's basically harmless. With new state laws the legal risks are almost nil for a casual user. But you can still get into hot water with your job, or driving, so that factors into the responsibility thing.
Was talking more about blow, pills, shrooms, x, acid, etc. than weed. Did way too much of that in my youth, and amazed I didn't get into more trouble due to that.
@thread PSA. One thing to watch out for with weed today in decriminalized environments is DUIs. Weed laws get lax, but DUI laws get more strict, and that includes weed DUIs. In many states now, the DUI laws have changed over the years to a more 0 tolerance discretionary policy. This means that you can be charged with under .08 BAC and it have a pretty good chance of sticking with anything .05 or above, which is -one- beer on an empty stomach, or -one- liquor drink, or -one- high alcohol craft beer. DUIs are extremely hard to defend due to bias in the law and a media witch hunt based on bogus stats that has compromised public awareness and objectivity severely. They are double dangerous for men, because cops are soft on women, and men will usually be driving women anyway. Most DUI classes will have only 10-15% women, and they make that up by being strict on men. So there's that.
The new fad in DUIs is prescription medication and going straight to blood tests when the cop is a ****. I often see this in my area now, and it's also very hard to defend because the public has been conned by TV shows and propaganda that blood tests are infallible. They most certainly are not, but in this case truth doesn't matter. This is why many cops go straight to the blood test as a fishing expedition now, and many state police agencies who do the tests are essentially rubber stamps. Good luck getting the local judge to even hear your probable cause motion, and good luck scraping up the 10k minimum for an appeal. State cop labs' job is not to determine scientific fact, but to help the local cops make every charge stick. The training of their "testers" is centered far more on testifying at trials in a biased, dubious way (based on their status as an "expert" witness on intoxication, they will introduce the most slanted, biased testimony to convince the jury of the equivalent that everyone in the world is half drunk all the time, and the judge will allow this; this will counter any video tape that shows you werent' visibly intoxicated at all) As a driver, you must assume today that if the cop can formulate -any- reason to charge you with DUI, no matter how strained, they will. Most in fact do.
How this affects weed is that in several states, regardless of legality, the amount of weed required for DUI is so low that you can get charged for DUI with a miniscule amount in your blood. THOSE laws haven't changed one iota, if anything gotten more strict. IMO and IME in my jurisdiction, you are not safe driving for at least several days after you smoke. If you are a regular smoker, you can likely be charged with DUI anytime a cop wants to get a blood test and charge you. So be careful folks. Never EVER smoke in an automobile or have weed, any amount, in an automobile you are driving. Thinking that "weed is legal here so I can smoke and then do whatever" is high risk behavior. Not a DUI lawyer, and not specific legal advice. Be aware of the laws in your jurisdiction and the police environment wherever you are drinking, smoking or just in general.
