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Originally Posted by pan6467
Alcohol is the deadliest only because it is legal. IMHO< Marijuana would probably have just as many DUI's, traffic accidents, fights, murders etc. if it were legal, and if it were to achieve the same amount of use. I know first hand that quite a few people caught with alcohol DUI's were also under the influence of weed. (I would like to see the true stats, I have a feeling we'd see some interesting results.)
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The assertion about marijuana and violent crime is highly, highly questionable. I neither know of personally, or have read about, anywho who:
*Developed a towering rage after smoking a ton of dope and beat his wife, children, or girlfriend.
*Started a fight, or assaulted a stranger.
*Or (and this is only personal) got into a traffic accident or a reckless driving violation while on marijuana alone. But I know plenty of drunks who have.
Your point about some DUIs being under both the influence of alcohol _and_ weed doesn't apply. You're talking about someone who's under the influence of two different drugs -- the interaction of the two is a whole different animal. I've driven while under the influence of marijuana and once, under the influence of both marijuana and a whole lot of alcohol. While it probably wasn't a good idea, I had no problem driving while stoned alone. But with beer and marijuana together -- well, things got questionable.
Ask someone who's ever had to deal with a raging drunk who's also high on cocaine: the worst of both possible worlds.
I should add that I do not smoke marijuana these days (don't drink much, either). I consider it a waste of time and money. But so is the never-ending para-military government campaign we have against marijuana cultivation here in California: CAMP.