Mike,

>>Could there be one exception to "smoking pot makes you a better driver"?
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>One exception? I'm sure there are thousands of exceptions. Just like there a thousands of people that shouldn't be in cars when they're totally sober.

True enough, especially here in UT but that's no proof for smoking pot...

Every study I've heard of or seen asserts that smoking pot will have deliterious effects.

Personally, I think people just like the 'buzz' and are rationalizing their desires into political movements.

Think about it for a moment.. Drinking, smoking pot, snorting (whatever) induces an altered state. Altered from what some ask? Well, the usual response is from pressures, reality (almost always with a snicker) or some other representation of life in a non-induced state.

Therefore, I think it can be safely asserted that those who drink or smoke dope to reach an altered state are running from reality and I fail to understand why that is beneficial...

I have (many many many moons ago) been in situations where I passed out as a result of smoking pot - alone, with no other substance. I know what I'm talking about I'd think. I have seen no long term benefits but have had some long term effects.

You or others may value the buzz but it has a bite, and not just legally.

My advice is that anyone who smokes dope should stop and get reality-based life.