Cannabis

[theVOID]

I smoke weed all the time, It's great.

Don't talk to me about that shit being dangerous when you fuckers are all driving cars. Last time i checked:

Car Fatalities: 1.2 Million Per Anum
Cannabis: FUCKING ZERO

The results are only one part of the equation. How did they test this? What is the sample size? Where are these published?

The 1.2 million figure was released by the WHO, and yes, it is an estimate. I had a hunt for the statistics for your interest, didn't find the specific 1999 WHO press release i was after (which i knew about due to a previous debate on the topic) But i did find the following:

The total worldwide historical number of car accident fatalities is difficult to estimate. Figures around 17 million have been suggested[37] in 1991, and would have to be significantly higher now, making car driving one of the deadliest undertakings in the history of mankind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_col...statistics

Highway fatalities account for more than 94% of all transportation deaths. There were an estimated 6,289,000 car accidents in the US in 1999. There were about 3.4 million injuries and 41,611 people killed in auto accidents in 1999

http://www.unitedjustice.com/death-statistics.html
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The leading causes of death in 2000 were tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths), poor diet and physical inactivity (400,000 deaths; 16.6%), and alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%). Other actual causes of death were microbial agents (75,000), toxic agents (55,000), motor vehicle crashes (43,000), incidents involving firearms (29,000), sexual behaviors (20,000)

"An exhaustive search of the literature finds no credible reports of deaths induced by marijuana"

http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/viewa...nID=000231

Yeah, potentially biased sources, but extensive trolling through google found nothing more credible.

There are breath testers that can pick up particulate Cannabis, New Zealand police have them.

I did not know that. What are the limits set on these devices?
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Don't know the specifics, there was a news article here late 07'- early 08' but i can't find it for looking.

Scratch that, i can't find anything worthwhile regarding police use in NZ, perhaps it hasn't happened yet or isn't happening. My bad.

That being said, my mates drive stoned constantly, don't recall any of them being in a single pot-related car crash in the last 5 years.

People can drive drunk for decades and not get in an accident, that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
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Sober people crash too, it's all about ratio, which i am assuming in alcohol is considerably higher. Since i haven't seen any statistics on driving under the influence of THC i will assume neutrality for the time being.